allyboy
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Post by allyboy on Mar 15, 2008 0:48:34 GMT
Hi off roaders, . thats the winch fitted to my RV, I got it off the ebay site and it has saved me at least £200 Quid on this winch, I know this is a Chinese made supawinch, but for the few times it will be used the huge capacity of this winch will make recovery of this light 4x4 a piece of cake. The rewind speed seems to be much faster than expected too. Cheers. Photo of winch on jeep  |
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Post by Muddy Funkster on Mar 15, 2008 21:29:29 GMT
Come on then lets have a weblink to where you got it from and some pics?  I was advised to go plasma because of the weight, whats your opinion? |
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allyboy
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Post by allyboy on Mar 15, 2008 22:57:05 GMT
Hi Photo as req, I think most offroaders need a bit of weight, most times there is only a driver anyway so the vehicle is barely loaded, if the cable gets damaged, or a bit old there is no point in buying another steel rope, but not because of the weight, a plasma rope is stronger, should last longer, and takes up much less room on the drum, so the winch pull is kept to a maximum because the drum has less diameter to turn. The strongest pull is always closer to the drum. Plasma just feels much better to work with too. I will use the steel and take care of it but as soon as it is gubbed I will upgrade to plasma, You should change to an aluminium fairlead as well. for details on the winch go to www.winchsolutions.co.uk , they are doing a similar deal to the one I got on ebay. |
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Post by jason (mitsubishi L200) on Mar 19, 2008 20:32:59 GMT
looks good ,, i want one  |
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minime
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Post by minime on Mar 19, 2008 22:12:58 GMT
I BET U CAN PULL SOME S@@t OUT OF THE MUD WHIT THAT TOY M8 I SEE ONE OF THEM ON A FILM ONCE IT WAS JAWS HA HA |
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allyboy
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Post by allyboy on Mar 21, 2008 0:25:43 GMT
Cheers mate I will be offroad in April and am determined to get so stuck just so I can really test the winch. Although I will need to get the handbrake sorted now so I can help my mates out when they get stuck. I will defo get many photos now I have sussed how to get them onto the site. |
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Post by minime on Mar 21, 2008 21:52:11 GMT
cool m8 look 4word too seeing them pics
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Post by Taz on Mar 30, 2008 13:10:05 GMT
looking good there. will like to have one fit to my truck. you runing it of your main battery or have you got a back up one for the winch? all you need to get now is a land anchor?
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allyboy
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Post by allyboy on Mar 30, 2008 22:43:40 GMT
Hi Taz
The winch goes straight to the battery terminals with V heavy cable, You fit a heavy duty isolator to the positive cable and only switch on when likely to need the winch. I am not going to do a double battery split charge job with this jeep, the alternator will do the job no problem. If I was preparing the jeep for an expedition or such I would have a lot more ancilliaries but this jeep is totally stripped down to keep it light not even a set of spots.
Off road I never turn off the motor it just feels wrong to do it when you are miles from the road, that is probably just paranoia on my part but with old cars I like to play it safe. So the battery should stay in full charge
By the way your avatar is genius.
I would say that my only hassle with the installation was that the mounting plate was a general purpose one and not specific to my jeep, this called for some fabrication and cutting and awkward placement of bolts access wise. I would advise getting the special bumper that fits your truck and using that.
Cheers.
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