Thread: Tigerz11 Winches and Air Compressors - Any Defender Owners Fitted Them?

Chinese tiger, beware!

I currently have the Tigerz 11 compressor and 9L air tank fitted in my Deefer, works quite well, if a little noisey, but will run a rattle gun no worries and with the pressure switch I fitted fills from empty to 140psi cut off in around a minute. Didn't use the braided hose that comes with the kit though, is too long, and had another one that was shorter laying around, and also used a one way vavle fitted onto the tank end of the hose to stop the ir leaking back into the compressor from the tank.

Also sold the winches at a previous job, and was quite impressed with the quality and value for money compared to most other winches on the market. The guys at Tigerz are quite good to deal with as well in the case of any problems, though saying that we only had one or two problems out of all the winches we sold anyway.

Cheers.

Been thinking about an air compressor for a while, and like the idea of being able to run airtools as well as just pumping up tyres (and/or lockers).

Never realised Tigerz11 made them, but given their good reputation with the winches I wouldn't mind giving the compressor/tank a go. The only issue I have is where to mount them. I'm not real keen on mounting them in the back like landfish. I wonder if they could be mounted under the wheel arch or under the rear seats in a 110 wagon?

I have a Big Red air compressor mounted under the rear passenger seat, with this air tank mounted nice and high under the chassis beneath the rear passenger footwell.

Will this whinch fit into the arb whinch bar for the defenders ?

I wonder how easy it is to take the whinch in and out of the bar ? I think if you just put them on before your trip and kept them out of the weather this would do wonder for there longevity. I want a whinch on my impending 130 but its hard to justify 2k on a warn when I MIGHT need it once every 1 to 2 years. Thing is you just want it too work when you do need it !!

According to the ARB guys here in Perth the winch will have to be fitted to the bulbar before it gets fitted to the car. I asked because I want to buy the bar now and the winch later, but I'll have to take the bullbar off when I want to fit the winch.

From memory there are 2 arrangments on winch bullbars. The first is obviously all those who use the Warn template and they are the most common here in Australia. A number of other brands like Superwinch uses the other template to fit their winch brakes and gearboxes.

The one template is called "centre mount" but I can't remember if its the Warn template or the other. Sure someone will be able to assist!

Originally Posted by pc3

Will this whinch fit into the arb whinch bar for the defenders ?

I wonder how easy it is to take the whinch in and out of the bar ? I think if you just put them on before your trip and kept them out of the weather this would do wonder for there longevity. I want a whinch on my impending 130 but its hard to justify 2k on a warn when I MIGHT need it once every 1 to 2 years. Thing is you just want it too work when you do need it !!

My 9000lb winch shown above fits the mount but the motor fouls the chassis mount. I had to move the mounts off centre. Also, the bars usually come with a cutout for a roller fairlead. If you use plasma/rope, you need to modify the cutout in the bar as well, or mount the hawse fairlead separately - in between the winch mounts.