Fitting a winch

[fender22]

Hi, I'm interested in fitting a winch to my 1993 200TDI 110.

Have a fairly standard heavy duty steel bull bar but it doesn't have any
particular mount for a winch however one could be bolted on to the
front of it down low. Most winches I've seen seem to be fitted to a
bull bar with a proper mount for a winch. Is there anything wrong with me
bolting / adapting one direct to my bull bar?

[ugu80]

You will probably find that anything projecting forward of the bumper bar is illegal. I would imagine that a winch will be wider than your current bar.

[Beckford]

You could modify your existing bar to fix a winch correctly.

Do a search on here. I have seen photos of it being done on here before.

[camel_landy]

...or you could not bother and save yourself the agro by carrying something more versatile - A hand winch. ;)

M

[rovercare]

...or you could not bother and save yourself the agro by carrying something more versatile - A hand winch. ;)

M

Pfft, I'd like to see you hand winch some of the hills around here, 100metres on a tirfor, yea......right

[weeds]

some bars you can be lucky and they already have the winch holes pre-cut and only little notches that need knocked out......

otherwise you could make your own cradle or drop into somewhere like ARB there cradle might be able to be adapted to fit

post a pick of your front bar this will help us

[camel_landy]

Pfft, I'd like to see you hand winch some of the hills around here, 100metres on a tirfor, yea......right

Some wild assumptions going on here... ;)

[camel_landy]

OK... Well, let us start with the basics:

What do you want the winch for?

From there, we can argue the toss about what winch would be best suited for what you want it for and even if a winch is the best way forwards!

If you're wanting to winch up these mega 100m hills, winch challenge events or similar... A Warn 8274 is probably what you're going to be after or a Husky (if you want a winch that'll be slower but can go all day without overheating).

If you just want to self recover, I'd suggest the hand winch.

There are various pros & cons to fitting a winch, all of which have been done to death on these pages, so a quick search should throw up all sorts of questions & answers.

M

[rovercare]

Some wild assumptions going on here... ;)

How so? I've never needed a tirfor, but have needed a winch plenty of times, hand winching is a bad idea, it's hard arduous work, for little result

[camel_landy]

How so? I've never needed a tirfor, but have needed a winch plenty of times, hand winching is a bad idea, it's hard arduous work, for little result

Little result? If you're stuck in the middle of no-where and a quick backwards pull is all you need to get you out (which you can't do with a front mounted winch)... I think that's a great result!

Anyway, the arguments have been done to death and I'm not going to resurrect them here.

M

[camel_landy]

Here you go, have a read of this:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/40751-where-put-winch.html

M

[rovercare]

Here you go, have a read of this:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/40751-where-put-winch.html

M

I've read most all of them, I've probably spent more time in the bush solo than most and oddly enough, alot of the places are more remote in the respect you'd be lucky to see a vehicle a month, albeit within a days walk from home

I've navied in competions, recovered vehicles upside down..... One did take a 4wd crane!....

And still, a front mount winch, with a snatch block and some imagination will beat a tirfor hands down, sure, I'd pick a tirfor over nothing, but I'd have a front mount winch anyday

You can self recover in any direction, it's easy, done it plenty, even upside down, back the front

Tirfors are like highlift jacks.... Best left at the store:D

[fender22]

I ended up buying a terrain tamer hand winch. I can't imagine it would be an easy process but better than nothing and I decided it was all too hard to do the electric winch thing. The few times I been bogged I've needed to get out backwards the way I came any way so may be the right solution for me