Thread: Winch recommendations

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

well maybe not many times one only has to move a few feet to be out once the suction is broken its advantage is that its can go onto any wheel and folds away really small - the problem with a permenent front winch is that the stuck quad can really only go the way the winch is pointing - but a huge advantage of a mounted winch with a ground anchor one can skin deer with them - thats a bonus

You can rig them using a range of pulleys and extra rope and fluff and extra kilos of crap - so that the winch's pull is reversed. But that's a pain in the bum too! I have had my doubts about the permanently mounted winch when I had a chunk of slope drop away in front of me closing the road effectively. Muddy, so couldn't easily reverse as well. Bugger... Needed to be recovered, couldn't self recover in that situation with the winch on the front. That's where I got discovered into the sling mounted winch setup with recovery points and a power take off at either end. Bonus is you can leave it at home when you're towning it...