inchman Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 hi all, i currently have a standard warn 8274 on my 90. I just use this for self recovery etc. I dont do winch events and have no plan to. The winch i have is on the front of my 90 but i seem to need a winch more and more at the rear, Im thinking of building a mid mounted hydraulic winch that could be used forward and back. Has anybody done this before, and what parts did you use. I live in a rural coastal part of ireland and there are lots of redundant fishing boats about with hydraulic haulers. so plenty of 2nd hand motors/drums about. All advice greatly appreciated. cheers Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 There's two parts to the question; has anyone built a winch (yes, many have) and has anyone mid-mounted a winch (yes, many have). Searching back should turn up a few threads on both subjects. Also worth looking at Daan's mid-mounted PTO winch for inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyninety Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 IMHO mid mounted hydraulic would be simple. Runing a pump off the PTO on your lt230 and mount a winch pretty much whereever you like! If its just for self recovery this kind of set up would be perfectly adequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inchman Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 to be honest i hand'nt thought of a pto, i was thinking of a belt driven pump. but a pto would be probably be handier. I have a 300 tdi with auto box fitted, would it be possible to drive while winching using a pto or do you need to disengage the drive to the wheels>? i must have a look on ebay and see what a pto is worth . cheers gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 You can drive with PTO engaged but matching wheel speed to winch speed is an issue - although if you're building your own winch it's easier, and with direct PTO drive you can do it exactly. Hydraulics is a bit harder as you need to run the pumps at 1500rpm (so 4th gear with the idle raised) or 3000rpm (4th/5th with foot down), an engine-driven pump makes that one easier as you can then be in any gear. Get it right and you can do this sort of thing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwhacker Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Would it not have been easier to just drive up that wee slope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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