Winch Advice

[Melodeon]

I would also like to know how I would fix it to the front? Would I need a bull bar or similar?

 

ARB do off-the-shelf winch bumpers for Mazda/Ford, available from Devon 4x4 (and others, no doubt).

EXTREMELY not cheap!:

Ford/Mazda ARB Bumpers

[Hodge]

Having had 3 landies with a winch on each i would truly advise phoning david bowyer at superwinch, great guy and knows his stuff.

 

also good at fixing them when you get too keen!

 

i run 2 batteries and a split charge kit inbetween so when winching you dont hurt starting battery, made mistake first time and had single battery, cue a call to a mate for a jump start.

 

That's who I got mine off, very knowledgable guy.

[John Shutler]

There's a company in Poole that make winch mounting kits, they made me one for my old ranger.

http://www.pwsacc.co.uk

[william127]

My fabricator mate made a concealed winch mount for his isuzu using a winch tray designed for a td5 discovery, looked realy good, very strong. Id defiantly try getting a quote or two from local metal workers. As for winches id look at winchmax (the orange ones) or yeti winches, both on ebay, or for a bit more superwinch or goodwinch, or for a lot more warn! Im not that impressed by the tmax or britpart ones though.

[bobh]

Mate of mine did all sorts to his disco, bigger wheels,suspension lift etc etc, insurance company didn't bat an eyelid. He put a winch on and they refused to insure him!

Worked out OK in the end, he went to a special list insurer and ended up paying less.