Fitting winch to OL Bull Bar D4 2014

[tallents]

Hi All,
I have just bought a RUNVA 11,000LB winch to fit to my 2014 D4, it is to be fitted to an Opposite Lock Bull Bar, whats involved in fitting the winch? I fitted the Bar myself without any problem, any hints would be greatly appreciated.:D

[LandyAndy]

Get hold of Drivesafe/Traxide Tronics,Tim on here.He does all the dual battery systems so should be able to sort your electrical side out.
Im interested in the fit up,so please post as you go.I have an OL winch bar and on Toombies advice will also be getting a Runva at some stage.
How much did the Runva cost????
Andrew

[winaje]

Is it the 11XP, or the 11XP Premium? Red rope of grey/silver? a mate of mine fitted an 11XP on my recommendation, but we had difficulty getting access to the clutch lever because of the bar. Ended up having to get the clutch lever changed to actuate it with a spanner.

By the look of it the 11XP Premium has a different clutch and gearbox arrangement, and should locate the clutch lever further toward the edge of the winch, hopefully clearing the bar better...

[LandyAndy]

Is it the 11XP, or the 11XP Premium? Red rope of grey/silver? a mate of mine fitted an 11XP on my recommendation, but we had difficulty getting access to the clutch lever because of the bar. Ended up having to get the clutch lever changed to actuate it with a spanner.

By the look of it the 11XP Premium has a different clutch and gearbox arrangement, and should locate the clutch lever further toward the edge of the winch, hopefully clearing the bar better...

Will.
Can you adjust the position of the gearbox on the motor to achieve this??? ie split the 2,turn a bolt hole position and replace the bolts.
Andrew

[winaje]

Will.
Can you adjust the position of the gearbox on the motor to achieve this??? ie split the 2,turn a bolt hole position and replace the bolts.
Andrew
Not on the 11XP. There is a boss in the way on the gearbox that stops it being rotated into the right position. The 11XP Premium LOOKS like it'll go ok, will find out soon as another mate is going to fit one to an OL bar on his 2013 model.

[Russrobe]

Bump, did the new one fit? I'll need to order one ASAP as my ARB bar gets fitted 3 weeks from today.

Assuming the ARB and OL bars are quite similar??

The new Premium one seems to be the only one with the IP67 rating so thinking it's worth the extra 250 bucks. Also comes with about $200 worth of extra goodies.

Cheers

[LandyAndy]

You dont need a winch,you have a bloody big black dog:):):):):)
Tie a rope to his collar and throw a bone,job done:p:p:p:p:p
Andrew

[Grentarc]

You dont need a winch,you have a bloody big black dog:):):):):)
Tie a rope to his collar and throw a bone,job done:p:p:p:p:p
Andrew

I think that may be the plan, with the winch being the storage solution for the rope, or, if the dog just lays down and becomes a winch anchor.

[Russrobe]

I think that may be the plan, with the winch being the storage solution for the rope, or, if the dog just lays down and becomes a winch anchor.

Need a winch?

He'll get you out.

[rhinosm]

I'm getting an ARB fitted in 2-3 weeks also.
Looking at 11XP Premium winch.
Are you buying off eBay?

[Russrobe]

I'm getting an ARB fitted in 2-3 weeks also.
Looking at 11XP Premium winch.
Are you buying off eBay?
Nah. From Runva dealer up the road from me is $975 delivered so free delivery. Better than nothing.

[Tony V]

I just had an Opposite Lock bar installed and I installed a Carbon Winch 12000kg unit. (click here) (http://www.carbonwinches.com.au/)
The Carbon Winch is Australian designed and after speaking with Dan at Carbon Winch, I was impressed with his knowledge, since buying the unit I am also impressed with the packaging, delivery and follow up by Dan.

Removal of the bar is needed to install the winch, so I had the installer mount the winch for me. The Carbon Winch can be rotated to get the free wheel release in the correct place.
The photo is prior to my wiring the unit, but there is plenty of room behind the bar and routing the power is relatively easy on the D4.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mrlml4uxws4kv9p/DSC_1313.JPG'dl=0

[l00kin4]

A question, forgive my ignorance.

In this old thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-discovery-3-4/86351-what-size-winch-does-d3-need.html this was stated:
"Depends what you want to do with your winch. For recreational, not comp use, a 9500lb is fine, so is a 10,000. A 12lb is overkill, too heavy"

Any particular reason to go for the 11 or 12 as above rather than say a 9.5? I had a look and the weight difference between the two is only about 3kg so I guess that's not a real differentiator.

Just to have a bit of extra 'grunt' then?

David

[Stuart02]

A question, forgive my ignorance.

In this old thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-discovery-3-4/86351-what-size-winch-does-d3-need.html this was stated:
"Depends what you want to do with your winch. For recreational, not comp use, a 9500lb is fine, so is a 10,000. A 12lb is overkill, too heavy"

Any particular reason to go for the 11 or 12 as above rather than say a 9.5? I had a look and the weight difference between the two is only about 3kg so I guess that's not a real differentiator.

Just to have a bit of extra 'grunt' then?

David

I guess 5t of car and trailer is around 11000lbs

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[Russrobe]

A question, forgive my ignorance.

In this old thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-discovery-3-4/86351-what-size-winch-does-d3-need.html this was stated:
"Depends what you want to do with your winch. For recreational, not comp use, a 9500lb is fine, so is a 10,000. A 12lb is overkill, too heavy"

Any particular reason to go for the 11 or 12 as above rather than say a 9.5? I had a look and the weight difference between the two is only about 3kg so I guess that's not a real differentiator.

Just to have a bit of extra 'grunt' then?

David
Maybe overkill but this 11000lb in particular is a fresh design, better value(includes extras like dampener, shackles ect nearly making the winch itself the same price as the 9500) and as you mentioned only 3kg more. Final kicker is the waterproof/dustproof rating which I'm not sure the rest have.


Edit: Just noticed the weight difference of the winch is actually only 1kg, net weights on winches.

[Tombie]

Don't panic too much - it's not a difficult thing to install a winch in an already fitted bar...

You certainly do NOT need to remove the bar to fit the winch...

[Tony V]

Don't panic too much - it's not a difficult thing to install a winch in an already fitted bar...

You certainly do NOT need to remove the bar to fit the winch...


Tombie,

You are correct, the bar does not need to be removed to fit the winch. :)

The OL sales guy thought it did, the OL installer knew better, he had told the sales guy that it is better/easier to fit the winch with the bar not in place.
The winch was fitted it at no charge, I did the wiring at a later stage.:cool: