Thread: Winch/Locker - Order of Upgrade

locker rear and winch, be able to go 99% of places, and on your own if needed

i have a tigers 12lb and love it,, but the rope is deffs the best bit

there is a second hand Maxidrive in the markets for $1200(i think) I would by this over any auto locker.

cheers,
Serg

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Have around $1300- to play with, be just enough to fit some useful bits to the unit.

So, what are peoples opinions of the following choices.

1. Detroit rear, Trutrac front, toss in a few dollars and may have enough for very cheap ebay winch later.
2. Detroit rear, better winch (probably up to $500- range)
3. Nil lockers and best winch (recommendations? (looking at Tigerz)) can afford.

Want to be able to cope with potential of getting stuck. Which is where the winch comes in. But the locker(s) have the ability to reduce that potential, but not eliminate it. In fact would probably end up in a worse situation. Which is why #2 is probably my preferred option.

I guess it comes down to that perpetual answer, "how long is a piece of string..?" err I mean "what kind of driving do you do?" err I mean "use search".

My money in this case would be a locker in the rear a triot up the front and a tirfor in the boot.

rear locker

Rear air/vac Locker, ARB or Maxi, Regards Frank.

A locker will allow you to get stuck in places where you need a winch.

Go a tirfor first, which will allow you to recover front and rear, right a roll over, all without your engine running and even with dead batteries.

Then you can buy your locker and/or electric/PTO/hydraulic winch.

Hi,
for touring with a tray slide on, I've so far got the bull bar, snorkel, and a tirfor hand winch with a set of ARB straps, pulley and shackles.
Even though it is a winch capable bar, I will get air lockers and possibly never put an electric winch on the bar.
My thoughts on this are:
I'm retired so will not be rushing any where.
A hand winch will work in all directions (albeit with some effort)
Electric winches are heavy, I can carry a lot of other useful recovery gear for a lot less weight.
A hand winch may temper the decisions of where I may attempt to go.
cheers