Land Rover PTO Winch Info

[liamjordan]

Alright Guys,

My college tutor has offered to sell me his old fairey pto winch cheap, as it will suit my requirments more than his, may even do a swap + a bit of cash for my electric winch.

 

I know this would be much better for forestry than the electric winch, and have heard some great review about them.

 

This winch doesnt come with the pto unit that bolts onto the transfer box, anyone know where i could get one? anyone have one cluttering there workshop they want to get rid of?

 

And i have never used a landrover pto winch, so how do you go about using them and setting them up?

 

If someone has one, i would love some pictures of the whole set up

 

By the way i have a 1984 land rover 90, so it would need a pto unit for that gearbox not the series on im guessing.

 

Any input would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tractorboy1]

I think a men from Cornwall may be able to help you.

[twistedhicap]

Try equicar, folleys or nene see if they have one off of a ex authority motor Ebat is always a good plaxce stuff comes up on there and you could put an ad in the wanted section of The LAND ROVER ADDICT Forums - Index

[tommer9]

If the PTO dropper isnt there then dont do a swap with cash, as you will be getting a lump of metal to bolt to your landy, and he will be getting a working winch!

The PTO unit and shafting are like hens teeth compared to the actuall winch, which is fairly easy to come by. You will need to trawl around the shows and swapmeets and phone small independent dealers/ breakers for the bits, or pay a fortune for new stuff.

 

As far as fitting and using PTO winches, thats easy peasy. Firstly fit the winch and bumper (you will need the correct bumper- the ones that the likes of warn 8234 and superwinch x9 fit arent big/ man enough). Then you run the shafting back past the engine and gearbox, fitting the two brackets (one to the sump the other further back (i forget where and its dark outside)). Then you can offer up the PTO unit. To fit this bit You remove the plate at the back of the transfer box, and bolt the pto unit on in its place. You will have an operating lever that runs from the top of the pto unit through a hole you need to drill in the seatbox, and you wil end up with a handle next to the handbrake lever which engages the PTO.

In order to use the winch, you put the lever on the wich tio 'spool out' (ie you disengage the dog clutch in the winch), spool out as much cable as you need, put the winch back in gear, put your transfer box in in neutral, select a gear, and winch away.

You wil be the proud operator of the best sort of vehicle winch available- 5 speeds, loads of horsepowers, and it will not overheat. You can get spares for it easily from Superwinch in Tavistock. (Dave Bowyer is a waste of time with PTO winches).

[Gray git]

Try PHV landrover in stokesley north yorkshire for a drop box and shafts as they pull apart a lot of ex working landys they provided mine when i wonted a bit more grunt than the x9 could give (130+12'trailor=to much to pull) The only winch on a landy that will better this is a newer hydraulic version but you wont get a second hand 1 for less than 650 wit luck!!

[hplp]

id re-itterate the above. Without the drop-box its debatable what its worth when you also consider what to do if it needs a new rope as well. The shafts can be made if need be but not the dropbox.

 

The superwinch H14 comes up on ebay occasionally in both pto and hydraulic forms. so that might be worth a check.

 

Ive the H14 pto winch.

 

H

[tommer9]

Me too. The ultimate in winches- even a hydraulic one can over heat.