Winch- Front or Rear

**101RRS** · 8th March 2012, 11:07 PM

My 101 has a mid mounted pto winch and with about maybe 20 mins work I can change the cable to pull front or rear. 101 Ron has his cable rigged up to pull from the rear as he believes this is where he will need to winch his vehicle from where mine is still set from the front - simply because it has always been there.

On most other vehicles electric and pto winches are mounted on the front.

The few times I have had to be recovered by others, it has always been to the rear and my one winch recovery was to the front but only because the cable was to the front but an anchor point was a long way off. It would have been better to recover from the rear.

So putting aside the difficult issue of mounting a winch permanently on the rear, based on peoples experiences in self winch recoveries, would it have been better to have the winch mounted at the rear or where most are on the front.

Cheers

Garry

**Blknight.aus** · 9th March 2012, 05:31 AM

out the rear. how many times have you reversed yourself into a bog?

**LowRanger** · 9th March 2012, 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

out the rear. how many times have you reversed yourself into a bog?

Going on that sort of philosophy,how many times have you reversed up a difficult slippery rocky hill????

**101 Ron** · 9th March 2012, 06:39 AM

My 101 winch is to the rear so that others can follow...

The other reason it is nice to know if you get yourself in the poo, you can get yourself out just as quick

**Xtreme** · 9th March 2012, 07:39 AM

This is one reason why I have a Tirfor instead of a front mounted winch. Far more universal - recover from front, rear, side, wherever. And IME winching forward is, in most cases, not always the best option.

Admittedly, more effort required than with an electric or PTO winch but that just makes you more careful to avoid needing to winch in the first place.

Having said all that, the centre mounted winch (apart from the servicing aspect) makes a lot more sense than a front mount.

**rovercare** · 9th March 2012, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Going on that sort of philosophy,how many times have you reversed up a difficult slippery rocky hill????

Exactly that!

Front for yourself, rear for others

Why not add some cable and have a runner so it's out both front and rear?

**101RRS** · 9th March 2012, 09:51 AM

Thanks for all those views - at this stage looks like the rears are a tad ahead

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Going on that sort of philosophy,how many times have you reversed up a difficult slippery rocky hill????

You make a good point and that is one of the main scenarios fro front winching - however you can always back down the hill and try again on a different line or up the chicken track.

However if the winch was rear mounted at least you can still winch up backward and if on the flat still have the ability to winch backward out of that big mud hole.

Cheers

Garry

**austastar** · 9th March 2012, 10:20 AM

Hi,
some where on a UK site I think, was a LR with a central winch and the cable could be rigged so it could 'spider' along its own cable e.g. across a slippery side slope.

Sorry I can't be any more specific, but others may know of it.

cheers

**101RRS** · 9th March 2012, 10:33 AM

In theory the 101 winch (which is a capstan style winch) could be set up to do that but it would take a fair bit of setting up. Cable would have to be stored somewhere else.

**Sleepy** · 9th March 2012, 10:43 AM

I think you answered yourself a few posts up. If you are happy to abandon the climb and back down or try alternative route (if avbl) then rear is the answer. Of course sometimes heading back the way you came can be just as nasty or not practical.

I am thinking of mid mounting an electric winch in the 101 with a pulley at rear then exit at the front. Means you can pull either way

- Just need a bit more cable.

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