Question about winch

[85_Ranger4x4]

No... I know... bumpers are just cool is all, and kind of ties in with, if I had a rear tire carrier (get 5th alloy wheel), because I think some bumpers rear hitch integral to the bumper. But I guess the oem spare isn't in the way of a hitch.
I think, maybe, I can get a bolt-on front hitch, just have to check does it clear valence, but that's real high.
My thinking was, winch and etc can fit in the tool box, out of sight and out of the way. But hidden winches are definitely cool as can be, I just want the option to use either front or rear. If I got one.

It is also kind of nice when you are not looking for trouble you can throw the winch in the garage so it doesn't have to be in the elements.

 

[Curious Hound]

It is also kind of nice when you are not looking for trouble you can throw the winch in the garage so it doesn't have to be in the elements.

Well. Ok. IF you ever have times when you're not looking for trouble.

 

[Lefty]

No... I know... bumpers are just cool is all, and kind of ties in with, if I had a rear tire carrier (get 5th alloy wheel), because I think some bumpers rear hitch integral to the bumper. But I guess the oem spare isn't in the way of a hitch.
I think, maybe, I can get a bolt-on front hitch, just have to check does it clear valence, but that's real high.
My thinking was, winch and etc can fit in the tool box, out of sight and out of the way. But hidden winches are definitely cool as can be, I just want the option to use either front or rear. If I got one.

Like this?

 

[Curious Hound]

Like this?

Looks nice and clean that way.

 

[bobbywalter]

yeah.

 

[superj]

Too often they also hand the keys over to their kid, hell it's insured, well insurance doesn't always fix what they've broken

This is a huge problem where my parent's live in Leakey Texas. All the drunk rich people have those huge lifted 1ton 4x4 crew cans and give the kids the keys to drive them back to their cabins when they have been drinking all day on the river. My youngest brother has been T-bone twice in cars by these kids hauling ass with no license in the housing subdivision.

 

[Lefty]

This is a huge problem where my parent's live in Leakey Texas. All the drunk rich people have those huge lifted 1ton 4x4 crew cans and give the kids the keys to drive them back to their cabins when they have been drinking all day on the river. My youngest brother has been T-bone twice in cars by these kids hauling ass with no license in the housing subdivision.

Good observation. Some don't even know how to drive, let alone use a tow strap or a winch. I'm still wincing when I think about the hitch ball mishaps posted above.

 

[James Morse]

yes I'm wondering about that, what was the deal? Class 1 hitch, or, bad metal, or, it was being pulled on sideways? pot metal?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Mount a hitch reciever on the front and buy a reciever mount hitch mount. Removable and like 150 bucks

 

[James Morse]

yes that could be part of a plan
you are saying the winch mounts on piece that fits into the hitch receiver
then winch and its mount are removable and get stored in tool box
which removes 'cool' factor but that's ok you know you have it
hitch receiver is technically removable if it's bolt-on (like, when you sell truck, you might want to take it off)
even if you had no winch, front hitch would let you hook a tow arrangement there so someone could pull you seems like anyway
-still have to get power to winch
if remote works far enough away you could stand hopefully out of danger zone which is pretty big
I'm all for front hitch but I think it needs to be on back also so you can pull yourself backwards out of whatever you got into
I assume class 3 is what I want, there would be no sense to try to go bigger, right?

 

[Lefty]

yes I'm wondering about that, what was the deal? Class 1 hitch, or, bad metal, or, it was being pulled on sideways? pot metal?

One was a drop hitch which is not meant to handle the kind of stress exerted by a good, hard yank from a tow strap.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Easy enough to use jumper cables to go from battery to front or back receiver. I made a set specifically for my removable winch. Also for my winch permanently mounted on my car trailer.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

yes that could be part of a plan
you are saying the winch mounts on piece that fits into the hitch receiver
then winch and its mount are removable and get stored in tool box
which removes 'cool' factor but that's ok you know you have it
hitch receiver is technically removable if it's bolt-on (like, when you sell truck, you might want to take it off)
even if you had no winch, front hitch would let you hook a tow arrangement there so someone could pull you seems like anyway
-still have to get power to winch
if remote works far enough away you could stand hopefully out of danger zone which is pretty big
I'm all for front hitch but I think it needs to be on back also so you can pull yourself backwards out of whatever you got into
I assume class 3 is what I want, there would be no sense to try to go bigger, right?

I made mine removable.

It can bounce between the front or rear of my Ranger, rear of my wife's Bronco, rear of my f-150 or onto my dad's car trailer.

And I can easily dump it off when I have my camper in the truck and instantly lose 100lbs off the truck.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

12,000 lb. Winch Hitch Mount

Amazing deals on this 12,000Lb Winch Hitch Mount at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

This is from good ol harbor freight, but there are others if you use the googler

 

[00t444e]

My Jeep has a permanently mounted 10K winch, but I also have a 12K winch on a cradle that I can move around between my other 3 vehicles and car trailer. If you are going with a cradle mounted winch I highly recomend synthetic rope because it is lighter to move around, and you can keep the winch inside out of the weather so It doesn't damage the rope.