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Baz666 · Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

Hi, I have a L400 Delica witch i would like to fit a winch to the front.
Anyone know any good kits or has any points in fitting one as i never
have befor.

Thanks,
Barry!

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Baz666 · Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

I take it all back, after five minutes of reseach i have decided to stick one on the rear bull bar!

thanks for looking
Barry!

unclebazwold · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 22:07 Post subject:

Its a pain to do it as its all a bit weak at the front though a fella in Oz does a complete bumper and winch for them but not cheap Buzr6mille has a winch mounted in the floor at the back of his Deli its got me him and a few others out of the shlite a few times.I always had the thought of a winch on a sack barrow and just attaching it with a couple of straps to the front or rear towing points as required with a couple of leads and crocodile leads to attach to the battery and if you had another battery you could in theory attach the winch wherever you wanted until the battery went flat.
Bazza
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Lewis · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:30 Post subject:

buzr6mille · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:02 Post subject:

Hi. I wouldn't use the rear bull bar Shocked

this is not strong enough Lewis's idea is very good, the only downside is the weight of the winch, maybe a plasma rope to bring the weight down or a 6000lb rated pull? would need to check the weight difference.
As said! I've a rear winch bolted down on a winch plate thru the floor onto some 5mm angle about 6" long bolted thru the chassis and also using the towbar support bracket. Seems to work okay Wink

Bazza's idea is good! a winch which can be chained front or rear Laughing

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Baz666 · Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

I just needed something incase my first stint at off roading went abit
wrong. I have a couple of spare batterys in the garage so I will just
get a tow bar adapter and cheap winch for worst case sanario and stick
it in the boot

Thanks again,
Barry!

Baz666 · Joined: 13 Nov 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

unclebazwold · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:35 Post subject:

Think he means plastic it's that old predictive text thing going wrong.
Bazza :D
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buzr6mille · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:47 Post subject:

synthetic rope.
Cheapest option would be a HiLift jack but I would suggest taking two vehicles so one can tow the other. You should never off road alone or you may end up with a broken Delica or worse. I've been out with a manual winch and ground anchor and ended up stuck for over 2 and half hrs stuck under water and ended up blowing up the turbo.
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buzr6mille · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:50 Post subject:

www.plasmarope.com.au/
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Lewis · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 13:04 Post subject:

buzr6mille · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 13:59 Post subject:

Ahh so you did change the wire rope then Laughing

The synthetic rope also floats on water but the winch brake drum can get hot and damage it if the protective sheath isn't put on correctly.
Also the synthetic rope won't break and whip back like steel
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unclebazwold · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 14:09 Post subject:

buzr6mille · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 14:13 Post subject:

That has already been thought about Wink

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Lewis · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 14:13 Post subject:

unclebazwold · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 14:18 Post subject:

Oh you are getting weaker in your old age Lewis thats why you drink your pint so quick tryings to reduce the weight your'e holding.
Bazza :D
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buzr6mille · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 14:18 Post subject:

Is it 10mm or 11mm rope now
I've been looking at buying something similar.
The weight Laughing

why do you think I bolted mine to the floor Wink

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Diver · Joined: 28 Apr 2011 Posts: 1054 Location: Welney

How about this from the Aussie site? Looks fairly straight forward:

http://www.~.com/viewtopic.php?p=303623&highlight=#303623

You have to scroll down a bit past the picture of the naked Russian.

Lewis · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:02 Post subject:

buzr6mille · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:14 Post subject:

At a guesses the same place you bought the winch Wink

Seen similar from winch-it I think on ebay, great bloke to deal with Laughing

Already got a couple of snatch block's and also a heavy duty waterproof winch solenoid from him.
Cheers for the reply Mr Lewis 8-)
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