LMTV's show me your WINCH

[coachgeo]

I use a sherpa stallion 24v 25klb winch, and I dont plan on needing it frequently, really for emergency use only. For my mounting I cut and welded the mount to the front bumper, then used my ½" plate with ¾" bolts through the frame tube just in front of the radiator. I didnt want to weld to that tube so I could take the whole thing off with the bumper, but wanted the pull force to go right into the frame. My truck is in the interior shop now but ill snap some more pictures of the inside and underside of the mount.

woooooh.... what did you do to the body? It looks like steel plate too.

 

[Reworked LMTV]

woooooh.... what did you do to the body? It looks like steel plate too.

Hmmm I saw that too. Wondered if it was OEM or sign of the times.

 

[Third From Texas]

woooooh.... what did you do to the body? It looks like steel plate too.

I saw that and thought "I wonder how long will it will take Geo to spot that and start asking questions>

LOL

 

[Awesomeness]

woooooh.... what did you do to the body? It looks like steel plate too.

It looks like the front of the original cab uparmor kits...

 

[adcomp]

woooooh.... what did you do to the body? It looks like steel plate too.

It is steel plate, ¼" AR500 steel to be exact. I armored the front and inside of the cab with ¼" ar500 plate. Here is a better pic without the winch installed but after the plate and cab were painted with rhino liner. This pic is missing the center piece since we were doing wiring for the lights and finishing the AC. Ill get a better pic of the winch mount friday to show where I bolted it in

 

[Third From Texas]

It is steel plate, ¼" AR500 steel to be exact. I armored the front and inside of the cab with ¼" ar500 plate. Here is a better pic without the winch installed but after the plate and cab were painted with rhino liner. This pic is missing the center piece since we were doing wiring for the lights and finishing the AC. Ill get a better pic of the winch mount friday to show where I bolted it in

Sweet looking roof rack, as well.

I'm looking to do something akin to the the way you protected those top corner lights (the IbisTeks I'm mounting rotate like those and are about that size).

 

[johnz]

Definitely a nice rig... Did you build the roof rack yourself?

 

[adcomp]

Definitely a nice rig... Did you build the roof rack yourself?

Yup built the rack, bumper and did all the painting myself.
Here is a better pic of where I bolted the winch mount to the round frame cross member. I didn't want to weld it so I could still remove the front bumper

 

[bradybroussard]

Newbie here as well. Not a truck owner... yet... I'm in my research phase.

Great post. Reading through it really helped a lot. So, my conclusions and or what I learned from this.

1. If you want a winch for emergency use. Electric is fine as long as you understand the limitations. Benefits include... no hydraulic system to maintain. Easier to find a truck without a winch. I was also considering a front and rear mound system so the winch can be moved and possibly stored in side an equipment box.

2. If you plan on using your winch a lot to pull trees or you will be a regular rescue vehicle for others. Go hydraulic for the reliability and duty cycle.

Anything to add ?

 

[coachgeo]

Newbie here as well. Not a truck owner... yet... I'm in my research phase.....

1. If..... Electric is fine as long as you understand the limitations. B..... I was also considering a front and rear mound system so the winch can be moved and possibly stored in side an equipment box.
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IMHO
1. build a dolly or sled you can use to get winch from storage to the end your mounting it. Ruff slippery terrain holding an awkward 100+lb is not fun. (dolly done might also makes it easier to jostle the winch into receiver(s)
2. store on front or rear not side. Murphy's law says you will list to the side with storage and/or be next to a rock or tree not giving you access to winch.
3. use more than one attachment point than one receiver tube. This toy is 5x the weight of a Jeep or Yota that a receiver winch mount is fine for. Seen receiver mounts get bent with anything but a straight line pull. (which adds to weight of whole winch making it less portable)

 

[coachgeo]

Because of the camper body will be using....... thinking on putting hydraulic winch on driver side INNER chassis rail (it is getting extended) near back end and setting it up same manner as RonMar is thinking.... ( Foer's Winch setup. ) Cable path too front will cross stern end then will follow forward to front via OEM route.

 

[Rob B]

Yup built the rack, bumper and did all the painting myself.
Here is a better pic of where I bolted the winch mount to the round frame cross member. I didn't want to weld it so I could still remove the front bumper

Can you please explain or show some pictures where you have the mounting bolts that can handle the load of the winch and also allow bumper removal if needed. THANKS!

 

[Ambot]

Sherp stallion winch 25k

 

[Green Mountain Boys]

I used my SRW to pull this leaning tree over so it would not fall across the driveway and damage the pavement. It had a heavy lean over the driveway. The tree weighed about 20,000 lbs. I know this because I loaded every piece onto the truck. 1 load of firewood, 1 load of wood chips and a smaller load of 1" boards sawed with a portable Woodmizer saw mill.

 

[GCecchetto]

The pto will kick it off when you put it in gear. Just a crappy Parker setup. You can however get a Muncie pto to go in its place that can work in gear and even up to 30mph. Or a pto that is always engaged at any speed. They are pretty cheap at around 1300$

Okay, so another newbie here. Going to look at a truck this weekend that has the factory winch. I also feel it's in the way of a larger fuel tank, but after reading this thread I'll figure out a work around for that. Now relative to the comments about you can't be in gear when the PTO is engaged, from what I have seen in videos that is not correct. What was demonstrated in the video was that if you engage the PTO while in neutral, and then shift in to gear it will kick the PTO off. If you, however, are in gear and then engaue the PTO you can run the winch while driving so the winch is assisting the truck. If you then shift into neutral and then back in to gear, it will again disengage the PTO.

 

[Third From Texas]

Okay, so another newbie here. Going to look at a truck this weekend that has the factory winch. I also feel it's in the way of a larger fuel tank, but after reading this thread I'll figure out a work around for that. Now relative to the comments about you can't be in gear when the PTO is engaged, from what I have seen in videos that is not correct. What was demonstrated in the video was that if you engage the PTO while in neutral, and then shift in to gear it will kick the PTO off. If you, however, are in gear and then engaue the PTO you can run the winch while driving so the winch is assisting the truck. If you then shift into neutral and then back in to gear, it will again disengage the PTO.

That's my understanding.

 

[GCecchetto]

Thinking about it now, I think my previous post was incorrect. If you engage the PTO while in neutral, it just won't let you shift into gear but doesn't disengage the PTO. If you engage the PTO while in gear, you can drive while operating the winch, but if you then shift back into neutral, you can't shift back into gear unless you again disengage the PTO then shift into gear and then re-engage the PTO. Pretty sure that is the correct operation characteristics.