By Ian Moe on Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 04:59 pm: Edit

Seems though winches are the hot topic, I thought we could generate some data. I'm really curious to hear about the variety of winches our Discos have. This is not meant to spur debate, but that would be just fine too.

Answer some or all of the following questions.

1) Winch type and mounting system?
2) Approximate weight of mods on front end--rear end too, if winch is back there
3) Suspension mods to support winch?
4) Reason for purchase?
5) Downsides or problems?
6) Best line regarding winch?

By Ron on Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 05:29 pm: Edit

Ahh, wait until the search is back up:

SG and Husky 8 on front ~90lbs bumper, 113lbs winch

XD9000i on back ~100lbs w/mount

OME HDs all around. Lost about a 3/8" with the bumper and winch in front. Rear is tough to tell cause of all the stuff back there varies so much.

I wrote an article for the club newsletter with basically all the choices. I can email it to you if you want, or you can join the club and get the newsletter back issue ;-)

By ho on Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 06:12 pm: Edit

1)SG bumper. pansy XD9000
2) N/A
3)OME HD
4)already was on it.
5)works for self recovery, but feels like it's mostly overloaded.

By Moe on Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 06:29 pm: Edit

1) ARB air-bag bumper, Ramsey RE12000
2) Bumper and plate ~110lbs, Winch-136lbs
3) Bearmach Blue HD
4, 5) Strong and Reliable oil bathed worm drive, but Big and Heavy
No good lines yet, but its only seen a little use.

Moe

By chris browne on Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 04:56 am: Edit

Terrainmaster Blade bumper www.terrainmaster.com.
Ramsey Platinum 9500
LR GEN parts HD front Springs/MD rear
Bumper is generating a following within BSROA as the cheapest available and one that fits right first time. Delivered to your door $400. See on www.bsroa.com winter romp

By Axel Haakonsen (Axel) on Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 08:16 am: Edit

Ron:

I read your article in the news letter. If you'd like, you can email it to hochung@discoweb.org and we can get it published on this site as well.

Axel

By Ron on Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 09:45 am: Edit

Ok, will do,
Did not relize it was that long when I wrote it. I will have my "editor" send the final version to Ho along with the new pics.

Ron

By CBrown on Thursday, March 08, 2001 - 10:01 pm: Edit

1. Superwinch x9
2. Couldn't give you a weight...but it's mounted on an ARB non air bag with custom front skid plate
3. OME HD all around
4. cost
5. no complaints...got it third hand, and it hasn't let me down yet....
6. No lines...but it's saved my neck on more than one occasion!

CBrown
'94 Disco

By Christian on Saturday, March 24, 2001 - 01:13 am: Edit

Which winches can actually be mounted into the airbag winch capable ARB without modifications?

By John Graham (John) on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 01:45 am: Edit

1) Winch type and mounting system? Warn M12000 ARB non-airbag
2) Approximate weight of mods on front end--rear end too, if winch is back there M12K 135lbs, ARB ~110lbs
3) Suspension mods to support winch? OME HD front & rear, plus inch spacer under front spring (front drop 3/4 with winch install)
4) Reason for purchase? recovery of both disco, tractors, equipment, dragging logs, etc. My choice was based on availability (the M10000 would have been fine, but it's no longer produced) and the amp draw at 6000lbs as compared to other winches. My choice came down to M12K or Milemarker with PTO off transfer case (Maxidrive). The M12K won based on functionality/cost for my needs.
5) Downsides or problems? None to mention, the weight is a consideration, but the vehicle with OME HD's actually rides very well with the added weight.
6) Best line regarding winch? low amp draw (250), extra heavy duty winch.