ALDI winch? Any good?

Just a heads up that Aldi in Rosehill have 5-6 winches for sale at $349.

I have a ARB bull bar fitted to my D2 its not a winch bar as it does not have the cut outs can i mod the bar to suit the winch or should i start looking for a new bar?

Thanks in advance

I would ring ARB. They are very helpful and one they could answer quickly.

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Originally Posted by FURY

I have a ARB bull bar fitted to my D2 its not a winch bar as it does not have the cut outs can i mod the bar to suit the winch or should i start looking for a new bar?

Thanks in advance

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The short answer is yes - but ARB will probably want to sell you a winch bar instead - and that would be the easiest option (although a little pricey)

However, if you are reasonably handy cutting and fabricating metal you can certainly modify a non-winch bullbar to mount a winch. For example they have been mounted to a section of 10mm ht aluminium plate which is then bolted by way of angle to the bullbar chassis mounts. By doing this you can have the winch in what I consider to be a better location (up higher) than using the standard ARB winch bull bar & cradle option.

I did one fairly recently for someone.

link to pics here

password is aulro1

couple of sample pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...n/fdc68a3e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...n/e8faa390.jpg

Thanks for the help guys
Psimpson7
Can you buy the plate required or did you fab them yourself?

I modeled them myself and had them cut and folded. Then welded it together.

That's some seriously tidy manufacturing! :BigThumb::BigThumb:

There were half a dozen Aldi Winches sitting on a pallet at the Yass store yesterday in case anyone in the area is interested and has $385.00

Regards,
Tote

G'Day all. Can anyone tell me if the more recent Aldi winches have better grease then the previous ones?

I've just bought one and would rather not disassemble it just to find out.
Thanks in advance.