5-ton winch on m35a2

[m16ty]

I may know where I can get ahold of a winch off a 5-ton. How hard is it to mount it on a m35a2? I know there is a member that has done this but I can't remember who it is. I just need to know if it will bolt up without major modification.

 

[acetomatoco]

Better to get the winch and trade it for the Deuce one...however, anyone with a load of scrap metal, and torches and drills can mount the winch on a Deuce... it will not be pretty....

 

[Recovry4x4]

Spicergear has done it and there is another member too, maybe massm35a2?

 

[Massm35a2]

Here are a few pics of the 5 ton winch on my deuce. It was added by the owner before me, so I am not sure how it bolted up, I still have to hook up the hydrolics.

I love the look with the big winch. Seems to fit the frame easy.

 

[m16ty]

Re: RE: 5-ton winch on m35a2

Better to get the winch and trade it for the Deuce one...however, anyone with a load of scrap metal, and torches and drills can mount the winch on a Deuce... it will not be pretty....

I have fabed winches on the back of big rigs so I know I can do it I guess I was really wanting to know how it would look if you had to do a bunch of fab work. Massm35a2 I think answered that. Looks like it sticks out alot further than a duece winch. Am I right?

 

[Armada]

Looks like it sticks out alot further than a duece winch.

It looks like it, but not by a lot.

 

[acetomatoco]

All that extra weight further out front is not going to make the life of the steering components very happy. I question comment "hook up the hydraulics".. As these were driven by shaft and pto in their original config.

 

[Massm35a2]

All that extra weight further out front is not going to make the life of the steering components very happy. I question comment "hook up the hydraulics".. As these were driven by shaft and pto in their original config.

I have a hydraulic motor hooked to my winch where the PTO shaft would be, I think it is this way because the deuce PTO is on the drivers side and the 5 ton is on the passengers side, so the shaft would not work.

 

[spicergear]

The worm gears can be flipped so that it can be spun 180* in the truck and still driven down the driver's side. Mine tucks in a little more than any others would because my CAT V8 is shorter and I moved my radiator back a little bit. For locational reference, my back strap on the winch is 1/8" ahead of the front cross member in the frame AND my bumper face is only 12-1/2" from the grill. If you take off the roller fairleads it will make a big difference in length too. Later trucks ran oil motors on the winch. Here's a pic of my load of scrap metal, not pretty, aborted attempt at mounting this contraption:

 

[CGarbee]

Re: RE: 5-ton winch on m35a2

Better to get the winch and trade it for the Deuce one...

If you wanted to follow ACE's advice and swap for a duece winch, I have one that I would love to trade for a five ton winch... The more I look at my M35A2C and how I use it, the less that I want one on the duece...
I'd really like to have a winch on my M817...

I'm in NC, so working the swap shouldn't be too hard...