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Thread: Should I sell my 9000lb winch? No dual battery setup.

  1. 10th December 2015, 10:58 PM #1
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    Should I sell my 9000lb winch? No dual battery setup.

    Hey guys,

    My disco came with a 9000lb winch installed on it. But I wonder how useful it really is for expeditions... Also I don't have a dual battery setup, and I read it's not good to use the main vehicle battery to power the winch.

    Should I sell it and use the money for more useful mods?
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  2. 10th December 2015, 11:45 PM #2
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    Your main battery gets its power straight from the alternator, that's the one you want to power the winch even if you had a dual setup.
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  3. 11th December 2015, 12:01 AM #3
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    I know of many government suppied 4x4's that run winches of only a start battery.
    Key is while you allow the winch to cool keep the motor running to charge the battery.
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  4. 11th December 2015, 12:10 AM #4
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    keep it, winch short and heavy or long and light get a snatchblock keep an eye on the volts while you;re winching, if its dropping much below 11, stop and assess. keep the idle high while you winch.

    use a 1:5 winch rest ratio and you wont have any issues.

    add the DBS later.

    dont forget to test the winch occasionally
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  5. 11th December 2015, 05:41 AM #5
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    Crap keep it , Its all been said
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  6. 11th December 2015, 06:30 AM #6
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    As above. Though if you don't think you'll ever do the sort of off-road driving where you might need a winch, then you can get rid of the weight, especially if it's still got a steel cable.

    But no problems with keeping it if you think you might use it - don't flatten the battery, keep the engine running, short pulls etc.

    And test/operate it every so often, pull it apart every year or two if it doesn't get used and check it out and grease the bits - I did mine for the first time a while ago and it's pretty easy.

    Cheers!
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