Suzuki 4WD Club of Victoria

Hi Fellas.
Does anyone have some thoughts on hitch mount winches?
A winch that can be carried inside the vehicle out of the mud and only used when needed sounds like a good idea to me. Can also be fitted to front or rear as well.
Runva make a 2000kg hitch mount winch for less than $400 on ebay.
Regards, Wayne.

This is just like using a manual winch without the manual effort..
It would see use on medium/hard or solo trips, they aren't sexy
when a medium trip turns into a hard trip they would be awesome to help get out in time for tea.

I've bought an old warn 9000 off Harley, which will go in after I build a front bar some day.
Till then I will keep using my manual winch when it's needed.

Hi Wayne

Take a read through this thread in particular the post from Steve about winch ratings. http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtop ... =5&t=47451 My opinion is that a rear mounted winch might be handy if you are on your own and in a sticky situation but I would not rely on a 2000 lb winch to pull you any distance. I would prefer a good front mounted winch and a hand winch for rear or sideways recovery. Problem with the hand winch as Louis knows is that they are heavy and take up a lot of space. They are slow but for the number of times you would use it that is not a big issue. Just my thoughts anyway.

Mike

I carry a 4 ton hand puller/lifter thing for emergency use only. Fits in behind the seat,
Has a pull range of 1 metre or 2 metre at half pull.
Hope I never need to use it.
I like the theory of the hitch mount winches, have seen them used, but know nothing of them technically.

Hi Fellas.
Thanks for the great advice. All my questions answered.
Regards, Wayne.

the biggest issue i see is the moment you need the winch, the hitch mount on the car is well and buried making it impossible to get to.
so you still end-up stuck, and might as well not bothered buying the winch.

just my 2c