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G'day all
Just wondering who in brizzy makes/sells decent looking winch bars. I could go search from shop to shop but thought it would be easier if ppl could lead me where to look. Better yet if u have a 60 with a winch bar and feel like posting pics ide love ya even more

Cheers in advance
Troy,

Yeah I wouldn't mind seeing some pics. I'm in the market for one too, there's some i like and some I dont. If I can get a 2nd hand arb winch bar that looks ok for roughly $150 I'll be happy.

id be checking all the wreckers a mate got a steal for his 60 the other day from salisbury wreckers. An arb type bullbar (not sure if it is an arb but looks the same) and a complete working pto winch/driveshaft/gearbox for $500. can post some pics of it if i see him this week

cheers Tooheys

a mate of mine whipped this one up for me...its a custom job obviously...looks smicko!!!! He has done plenty of custom bar work and I can assure you that quality is NOT a issue!

That bar looks damn fine mate...

Yeah, wouldnt mind a winch bar and pto for mine aswell... $500 you can really go wrong. PTO will pull your 60 up and down hills all day...

Im just painting up my alloy bar standard bar at the moment. Looks a million bucks and ive only got the grey etch primer on so far...

What are the pros and cons of both Electric Vs PTO winches??? how hard is it to install a PTO winch cause dont u have the other gear stick and all??? Does ARB still make winch bars for the 60? Family friend just bought an opposite lock franchise will ask if they can still get winch bars and for how much.

Troy

A pto winch will winch all day as long as the motor is running.....so if you get stuck and the engine wont go you cant winch. Fitting one is pretty easy all we had to do was mount the bar (couple of bolts) and remove the pto cover from the transfer check the gear was there and mount it then cut some holes in the floor for the shifter and connected the driveshaft. Electric winches usually require a second battery and maybe a bigger alternator they usually have a duty cycle so they wont winch all day but as long as you have charged batteries they will pull. Have a bit of a browse through the book of winches http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... p?p=591816
it has heaps more info about all the different brands and different types

G_loomis wrote:a mate of mine whipped this one up for me...its a custom job obviously...looks smicko!!!! He has done plenty of custom bar work and I can assure you that quality is NOT a issue!

Thats a tops bar. How much did cost to make? I would really like my truck to have a tough bar like that hey

SANGA

I dunno about that b/bar... this is a pic of the one I want!

Pretty sure any bar made for a 75/78/79 series will fit a 60.... ARB makes bars for 60 series, try ringing them up, or order free catalogues for ARB/TJM/OL online

TJM have done a run of their type 13 budget bar.

I got one for my 60 about 6 months ago and have 8000LB Ramsey doing the work ok.

I tried to find a good 2nd hand one but they are like hens teath and what I could find were damaged and or expensive.

joel HJ60 wrote:
I dunno about that b/bar... this is a pic of the one I want!

that is an ARB bar

i know cause i have one on the front of my HJ60 >_<

Where did the piccy of the tops custom bullbar go? Damn it, I wanted to copy it and try and make my own. That sucks guys

+dj_hansen+ wrote:Pretty sure any bar made for a 75/78/79 series will fit a 60.... ARB makes bars for 60 series, try ringing them up, or order free catalogues for ARB/TJM/OL online

Not without a fair bit of modification. The chassis width is totally different.

I think this is more like the bar i would like if i had a winch... The newer style ARB bar...

vanzbrown wrote:I think this is more like the bar i would like if i had a winch... The newer style ARB bar...

actually now that i look at it my bar is more like this one, except mine isnt a winch bar.

The outer bars bend out a bit then up, not straight up as in the pic above.

Mine doesnt have the indicators in the bar either, but the late model 60 has a very large indicator directly under the headlights anyway (clearly visible through bullbar)


excuse the cheezy lights, they were upgraded to IPF800's not long after the photo was taken >_<

(The one on the Blue 60)That one looks better thn the one I posted! ARB want about $1000 for them, so there outa my ball park. But I'll keep searching for one.

joel HJ60 wrote:That one looks better thn the one I posted! ARB want about $1000 for them, so there outa my ball park. But I'll keep searching for one.

there was a HJ60 in the forsale section with the same BAR that i have. It had rust bad but was a runner. He wanted about $1400 if i remember correctly, Maybe hed part with the bar>?

I've asked a couple of people if thy wanted to part with there's. to no avail. I think the wreckers is the go, but none have any.

joel HJ60 wrote:
I dunno about that b/bar... this is a pic of the one I want!

This bar looks very much like a TJM one.

HOW MUCH DOES ARB WANT FOR THAT WINCH BAR ON THE BLUE ONE, THATS EXACT SAME AS MINE ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE IT IN A WINCH TYPE!!!

vSAHARAx wrote:HOW MUCH DOES ARB WANT FOR THAT WINCH BAR ON THE BLUE ONE, THATS EXACT SAME AS MINE ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE IT IN A WINCH TYPE!!!

Winch bar = $1185 fitted
Normal bar = $1042 fitted

Ive seen a few 60's with winch bars, and i dunno if its just the oldskool ones ive seen, but its seems that for a winch to fit, the bar hast to stick out about a foot further than a normal bar.

Do the new ones look better, and sit a little bit further back?

The only ones i have seen that stick right out and look pig ugly are the imports with the PTO winch. I have seen the odd one with arb and tjm type bars with electric winches and they look like a normal bullbar.

I had a standard ARB Deluxe bar on my 60 when i bought it. Looks like the one on the blue 60 with the blinkers. I then went and bought a high mount winch. I priced up buying a new bar from ARB, but I ended up modding my old bar. I cut the centre out of it, and welded up a winch carrier. Works tops!

joel HJ60 wrote:
Winch bar = $1185 fitted
Normal bar = $1042 fitted

See that guys. I told you all grinders save dollars, in this case $143. Man alls you gotta do is cut a hole out for the winch, who here can seriously tell me they can't do that

Guy From Nowhere wrote:

joel HJ60 wrote:
Winch bar = $1185 fitted
Normal bar = $1042 fitted

See that guys. I told you all grinders save dollars, in this case $143. Man alls you gotta do is cut a hole out for the winch, who here can seriously tell me they can't do that

AFAIK the winch bars have a much stronger middle section (much thicker plate)

Like that's hard to remedy for under $143. Man don't get poor get smart

Ide love to grind a whole out for the winch but i couldnt trust myself with a grinder ide get too carried away, lol. i might just wait until i run up someones @rse i mean it will happen eventually because we all know the 60's are unstoppable, well when it comes to braking anyway!!!

Tooheys wrote:A pto winch will winch all day as long as the motor is running

C'mon guys, 60's don't get stuck !