Front Mounted Winch Recovery Techniques

[pinebaron]

Don't forget the chainsaw there are nice mounting brackets for those nowadays as well

I feel my Stihl MS 362C with its 25" bar may be too large for my use here although it can cut through anything like butter.

 

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[gemarsh]

They sell new Stihl's everyday.

 

[pinebaron]

They sell new Stihl's everyday.

Don't think I need one while driving across in Canada although would be inclined to take the Stihl if I were going overland or a camping advenure. Wife prefers to travel distances by air and doesn't share my mode of travel preferences, mine being over water, overland then by air

 

[pinebaron]

A bunch of stuff came in but the molle side panel is installed; nothing hanging on it just yet, thats for the next day or two.
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Now that I have the passenger side panel installed and pleased with its quality, although pricey in my opinion, I'm ordering a second Putco Molle Panel, now for the driver side, for my ever increasing list of recovery gear which would be better off tied firmly to the wall panel than floating about in the bed.
As a result I also ordered six medium Putco Molle Grip Clamp Kits (6 x 2 = 12 pcs) plus one Large Molle Grip Kit for a larger item such as the 6 ton bottle jack I installed on the passenger side panel.
I think thats enough black friday shopping done. Heard my wife saved on a free turkey from Fred Myers, then why not

 

[pinebaron]

Cleaned up the hardly ever used axe.

 

[True Bee]

I feel my Stihl MS 362C with its 25" bar may be too large for my use here although it can cut through anything like butter.

Yes a medium size saw like that would be the largest I would take over landing. And most of what you're doing is on road so you should rarely ever need a chainsaw. Down the road you could always pick up a bat saw to mount in there even an 18 inch bar would get the job done when you really need it on the trail .

 

[pinebaron]

Yes a medium size saw like that would be the largest I would take over landing. And most of what you're doing is on road so you should rarely ever need a chainsaw. Down the road you could always pick up a bat saw to mount in there even an 18 inch bar would get the job done when you really need it on the trail .

My spending spree ended yesterday with Mercury retrograde starting today; grocery shopping, turkey etc. and other essentials are ok. Its a 4 day weekend Thu-Sun; family time, Thanksgiving time! Like several others, we will have a house full with guests!
Happy Thanksgiving Week to everyone!

 

[True Bee]

 

[pinebaron]

Not all but a bunch of stuff arrived today. The fire extinguishers (have two) came with their plastic mounts, the mounts are no comparison to the Rugged Ridge Elite Fire Extinguisher Holder, which is built like a tank, one look at it explained it all. I'll try and install some of this on the passenger side Putco Molle panel this afternoon; remaining molle grip clamps won't be here until the weekend and anything else will have to wait until next week or late sunday for installation.

The best part is the fire extinguisher can be removed from the stand without having to unwrap the strap; just push up and remove. The holder is heavy, solid and well built.

Then of course the Krazy Beaver Shovel; reserved for 'Krazy' people like me . Its also a very well built shovel for shovelling snow, as well as helping dig/move gravel too.

 

[pinebaron]

Done for today; this is on passenger side Putco Molle Panel.

 

[BCM]

Does anyone make a cradle to mount a winch, that doesn't go into a hitch receiver, but that you could connect to the bumper shackles by short lengths of cable? Think - custom designed cradle with shackle mounts, long power lead for the winch. Only connection to the truck would be cable (or rope) to your recovery points.

I've had this idea in my head for a while, but never seen it. You'd have to be real careful tensioning the line especially because the winch and cradle itself would be unsupported, but would be much easier to attach to a front or a rear bumper without needing a front hitch.

I'm half convinced to have a shop build this for me if I can't find it.

 

[pinebaron]

Does anyone make a cradle to mount a winch, that doesn't go into a hitch receiver, but that you could connect to the bumper shackles by short lengths of cable? Think - custom designed cradle with shackle mounts, long power lead for the winch. Only connection to the truck would be cable (or rope) to your recovery points.

I've had this idea in my head for a while, but never seen it. You'd have to be real careful tensioning the line especially because the winch and cradle itself would be unsupported, but would be much easier to attach to a front or a rear bumper without needing a front hitch.

I'm half convinced to have a shop build this for me if I can't find it.

A search on 'Portable truck winch' brings up winches that can be connected to bumper shackles.

 

[BCM]

A search on 'Portable truck winch' brings up winches that can be connected to bumper shackles.

I haven't seen any that are remotely appropriate for a full size truck though. Most are geared for ATV's and such with weight limits way too low.

 

[pinebaron]

I haven't seen any that are remotely appropriate for a full size truck though. Most are geared for ATV's and such with weight limits way too low.

That seems to be the case for portable winches. Perhaps other recovery and offroad experts can chime in.

 

[nolimits]

Hey @pinebaron sorry to resurrect this thread from the grave but curious what you did in regards to the extra weight of the winch you added? Assume it added about 100# or so.

On the Bronco I lifted and installed new coilovers, lol. Not wanting to do that on the fancy suspension that comes with the X.

Also I presume your rivet tool showed up since it’s been over a year but if you get jammed up again a trip to the hardware store will get you rolling. I did this when relocating my Warn controller under the hood on the Bronco. Sometimes simple is good, especially if you just occasionally installing these.