Winches

[TresCrows]

Does anyone install a winch on their tractor. I thought one might be usefull for pulling out logs, pulling the tractor free of mud, soft ground, pulling a stuck car etc. J

[Inspector507]

I install this one only when needed [img]/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Kodiak]

I have a gearmatic hydraulic winch that slides into a pair of receivers, for the front of my old kubota. It works great, but this is not a cheap way to go.

[Scott_in_WVA]

I had a Warn 9000 on mine,darn handy...I had to take it off when I had a loader installed.

[DFB]

J, I have a cheapo 12V winch that I use with my 3pt reciever hitch.

Here's a pic.

DFB

[Gary_in_Indiana]

DFB, I use mine with a keyhole plate permanently attached to the bottom. It can just drop over a ball on your drawbar or a big clevis hook attached to the drawbar.

If you use a winch very often at all, one thing I might suggest for you is running some heavy fused wire permanently from your battery to the back of your tractor and just use a plug for it. The other end of the plug can go to power lead for your winch (NAPA has some really nice, heavy duty gray plugs around $15 that work great). That way you won't have to raise your hood, etc., to get to power for it. On my 4200 it took not only that but then unhooking and tilting the grille forward to expose the battery terminals. [img]/w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif[/img] One time messing with that process was plenty.

[pfoxy]

I have a Ramsay 4500# Quicktatch that plugs in to a standard hitch receiver. I have quick disconnect cables wired front and rear on my truck, and on the rear of my tractor. I also have a receiver welded to the tongue on my big trailer.

Handiest dang thing I ever spent money on, don't know how I got along without it.

[TresCrows]

It is interesting that it seems most mount the winch at the 3-point and or use it in conjunction with a boom pole-hmmmmm. So, that would be preferred over a semi-permenant mounting of the winch on the front plate where suit case weights are hung? It was my thought to mount the winch there so I could keep an implement on the back and the FEL at the same time but now I see some good advantages of haveing it reciever mounted or 3-point mounted. J

[pfoxy]

That picture shows it set up on my logging arch. I also have an adapter sleeve to hook it to my drawbar, but haven't had to use it yet.

[Kodiak]

The winch mount that I built for my hydraulic winch. Uses two male round pipe inserts that slide into two female pipe receivers, mounted just in front of the front axle.