Winches FRONT END WINCH
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daTeacha
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I would think a winch bracket could be mounted about the same place a brush guard would fit. Is there a front weight bracket available for that tractor?
jinman
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flINTLOCK said:
Electric or hydraulic winch? Since you can put suitcase weights on the TC40DA, you could conceivably also mount a winch, but you have to be very careful of the distance between the front of the tractor and the loader cross-beam at the closest point. If you ever want to mount a front grill guard, you also have to consider clearance to be able to lower the guard so the hood will open.
I personally don't think a winch would be all that much use on a tractor. If you get it stuck, you probably don't want to keep going the same direction. Going in reverse would be my choice and that would take a winch on the rear. On the front of the tractor, using the bucket to "curl out" of mud has always worked for me. Putting the bucket down and curling to push backwards has gotten me out of several scrapes with being stuck.
gemini5362
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I took a receiver hitch I had for a ford truck. I cut that down so that my winch would mount on it. I took a piece of 2 inch thick wall tubing long enough to fit through the winch mount into the reciever hitch of whatever vehicle I am going to use it on. I drilled the holes for hitch pins in two places one for the vehicle it is going on and one for the actual reciever mount that my winch is mounted on. I welded a piece of plate for a trailer ball on the end of the 2 inch tubing. I can now use that winch on any vehicle or any end that has a reciever hitch tube. You could do something like that and get a bolt on reciever tube for both ends of your tractor. I use mine on the back of my truck and then hook up my 16 foot trailer to it. I use it to drag cars or whatever up on the trailer and then I can take them wherever I need to. If one of my friends need to use it then all he has to do is put it into the reciever hitch on his vehicle. For power I just use a spare battery A charged up battery has plenty of power to get you unstuck.
