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Are hydraulic winches hard to come by?

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Unfortunately, I really suck at taking pictures during a build. I always plan on it and my hand are greasy so I defer it, or I just plain forget. Heck, I did the full M1088A1 to M1083A1 conversion and only got about 5 pictures.

I can post pictures of everything now that it is mostly done, but don't have any in-process pictures.
 
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You suck :p lol I can't say anything, I'm the same way. I'm usually more focused on completing the project than I am about taking pictures during the process.
 
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Just finished up the install. It's too dark to take pictures tonight, but I will get pictures tomorrow and get them posted.
 
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Does anyone think one might could mount an Electric winch in some manner in the area where the hydraulic was and run cables fore or aft for doing pulls from either end if needed?
 
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I think there's someone here that is considering doing this, don't remember who though. I'd rather have two different winches, but both easily removeable in case either one breaks.
 
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Mos68x said:
I think there's someone here that is considering doing this, don't remember who though. I'd rather have two different winches, but both easily removeable in case either one breaks.
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I was thinking the same thing. Plus, I would want fuel tank where the winch usually goes.


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Just a question, is there room to mount an electric winch where the PTO winch mounts? I would like to find a truck and try to make a rotating mount for 18k winches if there is room. I can make the fairleads that mount on the frame and behind the bumper with no problem. I just don't have an LMTV to try this on. I have many requests for a bumper mounted winch but there is not a lot of what I consider stout bumper material to work with that I can see in the pictures of one and the cab over design makes it more difficult on the front.
 
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Hard Head said:
Just a question, is there room to mount an electric winch where the PTO winch mounts? I would like to find a truck and try to make a rotating mount for 18k winches if there is room. I can make the fairleads that mount on the frame and behind the bumper with no problem. I just don't have an LMTV to try this on. I have many requests for a bumper mounted winch but there is not a lot of what I consider stout bumper material to work with that I can see in the pictures of one and the cab over design makes it more difficult on the front.
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I doubt it.
 
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You could probably do an electric rear winch. Make a big strong bracket behind and a bit below the passenger side light bracket. Would need a significant amount of bracing bolted to the frame rail. Not much space to mount a front winch.
 
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Hard Head said:
Just a question, is there room to mount an electric winch where the PTO winch mounts? I would like to find a truck and try to make a rotating mount for 18k winches if there is room. I can make the fairleads that mount on the frame and behind the bumper with no problem. I just don't have an LMTV to try this on. I have many requests for a bumper mounted winch but there is not a lot of what I consider stout bumper material to work with that I can see in the pictures of one and the cab over design makes it more difficult on the front.
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Not sure what you mean by a rotating mount. The hydraulic winch setup has the drum close to the frame rail, with the hydraulic motor on the outboard side. The winch frame acts as bracing to the frame rail. With this setup the winch drum stays close to the frame and keeps the pull more in-line. You just route the cable off the top or bottom of the drum depending on whether you want to run it out the front or the back. If you were to mount an electric winch, you would probably have room, but the drum would end up farther out away from the frame rail and the stresses and cable routing would be more difficult. The good news is that all of the fuel tanks have the same cutout shape on the backside to allow the cable routing, so you wouldn't have to swap that at least.
 
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Winch people I have a question about the mounting of the standard winch on the 1078. Can it be routed up through the bed and used for a jib crane? Just curious and don't own a FMTV.
 
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Oxyacetylene said:
Not sure what you mean by a rotating mount. ....
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Think he is referring to an alternative mounting method of a typical truck winch. A mount that allows you to spin winch for aft or Starboard. Pin? her in place to
... pull line thru and winch.

Few alternative mount discussions same Original Poster at each.... different responses.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/gene...native-front-rear-receiver-hitch-winch-2.html
http://forum.expeditionportal.com/t...ar-receiver-hitch-winch?p=2337297#post2337297

interesting
http://techtransfer.whoi.edu/licensing-opportunities/portable-marine-winch-turntable/
 
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tobyS said:
Winch people I have a question about the mounting of the standard winch on the 1078. Can it be routed up through the bed and used for a jib crane? Just curious and don't own a FMTV.
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Theoretically I guess it could. The winch frame is open to the top so routing the cable out should be easy enough. For a jib crane I would be curious how much twist it would introduce. Interesting idea though!
 
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Theoretically I guess it could. The winch frame is open to the top so routing the cable out should be easy enough. For a jib crane I would be curious how much twist it would introduce. Interesting idea though!
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I would use a jib a lot more than a front or rear. The pockets for the corner crane through the bed could be mounts. There would be no twisting that I can imagine.
 
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