Thread: Winch/Locker - Order of Upgrade

While a reservoir isn't necessary, you could get away with a tee in line with an extension up into the engine bay to act as a bleed and fill point.A small power steer res would suffice and a small cooler would also be a worthy addition.

I think that the different winch drive types suit different applications. PTO driven winches you find most often on tilt trays etc as the pump is cheap and easy to fit to gearboxes. The pump is also used to power other devices on the truck. Also winches from your last truck and even the tray/tilt mechanism can be moved to a new truck when upgrading.

Electric winches have the advantage of unladen retrieval speed so repetitive winching is easier but then you have the need to start/stop winching operations to allow for energy recovery as well as just giving the motor a rest.

PTO's are probably on par for weight (despite their apparent bulk which comes from fairly substantial mounts) when you take into consideration all the needs of both systems such as most people who fit a electric unit will also fit a second battery and all it's associated cabling.

Originally Posted by uninformed

pto using shafts does not need any hyd fluid or res. these will easly retreive faster than an elect winch laden or unladen...

pto/hyd if running a dedicated pump for a winch will definitly need a resivour. I run about 22ltr tank for my set up

They'r good, but PTO are usually heavy

I like a leccy winch, cause if you play Mr. Squiggle,(upside down, Ms Jane) you can self recover without the engine running