Finally got the winch going.

[d_generate]

As above thanks to Callum the sparky, he worked out the wiring in about 30sec and it works great though I'm yet to try it with a load, just wound it all the way in and out but here's some pics of the mount thanks mostly to seagulls over engineering, welding and cutting skills and a bit of help from me the idea's man on some of the design, I'll try it out (one day) and if it seems like it'll be useful I'll have a tow bar mounted to the front on the bash plate.

I can't see it being much use as a 4,000lb winch but doubled back to the car on a snatch block it'll double that so 8,000lb or roughly 3.6T of pulling power may be useable, good thing is I got a second complete unit for free from FleaBay if I burn it out lol. It has a hard wired remote which will be stored somewhere for emergency's or a wireless one which will be used for convenience.


As you'll see all I need to do to fit it is drop the tow ball pin through it and connect to power (not worked out yet)

It will turn at over 45deg

 

[Kevin]

Very useful! I'm setting one up for the Triton; a 12,000 lb (5.4 tonne) with 28 metres of Dyneema rope. Got it from Supercrap $499 and purchased a hitch cradle from DNA offroad. Have to put it all together yet. I have a 3rd battery sitting in the tub so powering it is not a problem.

 

[d_generate]

Sounds like a much better set up than mine but I didn't it want too much weight as it'll rarely get used, I'd say this is about 15kg all up but I'd love some of that rope to save weight and so I could fit more on the drum as this is only about 10m from memory.

 

[mr turbo]

Way to go d_generate :biggrin: looks great :ebiggrin:

Regards
Mr Turbo