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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 27, 2007, 22:05:41

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 27, 2007, 22:05:41

anybody use them alot they look wicked makes sense instead of just a hd rear bumper. also were do u keep the battery

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: Disco-Ron on September 27, 2007, 22:21:06

Where do you keep the battery..... under the bonnet as per usual..... you just use the original one, or if you have two, those....... you don't need a seperate one for the rear winch...!

Title: already got every thing to the main battery.
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 27, 2007, 22:53:00

vapourier for lpg is on the other side where most people put the second battery. when the front winch is used with the lights it is maxed out. got a 790 amp hd one aswell. so i dont think there is a better one . its cheap to replace at 50 quid instead of red and yellow ones at 200 quid

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: Disco-Ron on September 27, 2007, 22:55:30

Yeh, but you're not gonna be using the front AND rear winch at the same time are you....... well, maybe once in a very blue moon...... just fit isolator switches in both positive cables, and have one winch 'on' at a time.....

Title: its for controlled lowering and foward on steep droops
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 27, 2007, 23:05:35

hence the need for rear end hold plan to use both wirless remote for maxium control at the wheel

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: clbarclay on September 28, 2007, 20:59:17

Hand held remotes are good for use outside the vehicle, but for winching from inside most top end trucks I've seen have simple switches permenantly wired into the dash/centre console for the driver to use.

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: Disco-Ron on September 28, 2007, 21:04:10

My front winch has an internally wired electric window switch..... ideal for the job, as it self centres....... it doesn't need to carry huge current, as it's only switching the solenoid anyway!!

I can imagine that having two hand held remotes could quite easily get confusing, and possibly dangerous as a result!!

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: piper5 on September 28, 2007, 21:55:43

lodar do remotes with as many outputs as you want so you can specify 2 one front and one back if your a smart arse you pick thre so you can turn off the light bar when using the winch!

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 29, 2007, 10:54:22

HERE IS THE ONE IN MIND

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: Lyndsey731 on September 29, 2007, 19:25:18

Steveo

I love the look of this bumper and having a spare winch in the shed makes it even more tempting, only thing is that it's a cross member as well so not a simple bolt on job.

Gav

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 30, 2007, 13:43:57

are u sure they 425 quid from golddigger 4x4 .

think there on ebay aswell

u can only fit a low winch.

 fitting is as follows

spray lots of wd40 on rear bolts well before

remove the rear bumper

the rear cross member has to be cut i think

then the new one is bolted in and welded i thinlk as well.

rds do one too but the winch is not covered like this one have got photos of the rds one if ur interested

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 30, 2007, 13:56:23

here is the one from rds . i dont know a price and think there made to order

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: Lyndsey731 on September 30, 2007, 20:20:33

They both look great, I'm sure it won't be long before a cheaper model is on the market, Guardian :lol: ??

Gav

Title: rear winch bumper
Post by: mentalmoshio sophs V8i on September 30, 2007, 20:26:48

u could just fit a removeable winch plate instead