Thread: Winch and Battery Choices

Optima Yellow Top and a Traxide Kit. Fits perfectly with the LR clamp (supplied in the Traxide kit )
No winch as yet.
Regards,
Tote

Varta 80APH will fit with some modification as will a Supercharge 60APH.
Suprcharge is a lot cheaper than the Optima the Varta close to the same.

Very sensible re synth rope.

Whatever winch you get, have it serviced every year regardless of use. Warn, Ironman spring to mind as good brands. You get what you pay for of course, the cheaper ones have horribly cut gears and soft metal. The Ironman one has a remote control which is actually quite handy. If you get one without a remote control, as mine is, wire it up so you have an isolator switch in the cabin, and the in-out controls on a seperate switch. No need then for the control cable which is tiresome and gets lost.

Get a pulley block to halve load.

Just use a shackle on the end, a hook is not required.

I recommend only 20m of rope, easier to put on the drum and better winch performance, get the rest made into an ext rope.

Amp-tech D48 + SC40 Traxide kit.

I have the TJM OX 9500, which was originally in the 300TDi in the D3. It has Dynamica rope fitted.
For interest I fitted the solenoid box in behind the new bumper and fitted the cable plug to the top of the new bar. Looks great as no solenoid box to be seen or block air flow. The box gets a spray of Lanotec every now and then as a safety precaution.
The Traxide battery system is the only way to go. I use a Battery World battery for my auxiliary MRV48 @ $145. Had to cut the top of one terminal to make it shorter so it would fit correctly. Used a piece of flat allow for the holding bracket.

Optima Yellow Top with Traxide kit and Warn 9000 used only once to get the D3 up a hill but many times to extract others.

Traxide SC80 and Varta battery, no problems

Milemarker 10,500lb independantly powered hydraulic winch, no problems, installed on my previous D3 about to get reinstalled into my new D3

Richard just wondering if you could advise the model no of the Varta battery. I'm assuming this is your auxillary battery and could you explain what modifications are necessary to fit it.

Thanks