Concealed winch

[WedWon]

Has anybody succeeded in fitting a winch behind the standard Discovery bumper?

After a bit of web trawling I found some mounts that apparently accomodate this but would be interested in seeing if and how other members may have accomplished this

Having never needed a winch to recover (yet) I'm not sure how far up the priority list one would be. Even then a portable electric winch gives more options of recovery from different angles (more temporary mounts are requires I know).............or just don't get stuck!!

cheers
Jason

[nice1guv]

Don't know how to post a link to a post on here, but paste the following into your browser. It appears the site automatically changes the address to a post link. :p

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery/60610-discreet-winch-mount-disco2.html?highlight=discreet+winch

One guy in Oz has done it and another in the UK.

Both are for D2's and look real smick!

I have a D1, and think you could do a similar discrete mount on it as well.

[Urban Panzer]

I be the UK guy :D

www.discovery2.co.uk / T-Max Winch (http://www.discovery2.co.uk/winch.html)

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Has anybody succeeded in fitting a winch behind the standard Discovery bumper? ...
Have never had a Disco however I did make a winch mount for a RRc that fitted between the chassis dumb irons and below the transmission coolers etc and was independant of the bar, except for a small cut out for the top of the fairlead and hinging of the number plate. In fact it was so well concealed that even people on moderate-hard 4WD trips didn't realise it was fitted until I used it to recover another car.

... Having never needed a winch to recover (yet) I'm not sure how far up the priority list one would be. Even then a portable electric winch gives more options of recovery from different angles (more temporary mounts are requires I know).............or just don't get stuck!!

cheers
JasonWouldn't know about portable electric winches. I do however have a Tirfor - it will work forwards and backwards and sideways and after rollovers and when you have a flat battery and even work when you have hydraulic'ed your engine.