Winches Front Mounted Winch on 2520

[dmay]

Looks great. How eactly did you mount it? Did you need to fabricate anything or did you just drill mounting holes through existing?

 

[MFGC1710]

Just thought I'd share my experience mounting a Superwinch Terra 45 to the front of my 2520. Given the mounting location, this was the biggest physical size/dimension that would fit, also had the largest pulling capacity for this form factor. Also, as a plus since I only have the 20A alternator, this winch being a permanent magnet draws considerably less than the series wound counterparts. I searched amongst many forums and couldn't find anyone doing this on the 2520, so I thought I would share these photos to hopefully give someone else a hand, and let them know it is possible. I have already used the winch a couple of times to get myself out of some less than favorable situations, as well as a number of log pulls from the woods to the trails where they can be easily bucked and put into a wagon.

BTW this is my first post other than a review, so go easy on me.

I've been thinking of doing this to my tractor and your post of one of very few I can find of someone doing exactly this. Very nice install and it looks great! I see this post dates back a while. How has it been working out?
Thanks for posting! :thumbsup:

 

[oosik]

Very nice clean instal. Short run on the power is a real plus. One suggestion - you have protected the power leads with that corrugated plastic material. Keep a close watch on how hot the power leads are getting. That corrugated material will tend to keep the heat confined to the leads. On a real tough pull you can actually melt the plastic right off the stranded copper wire.

However - your pulls may not be that hard or long. I've alway had series wound WARN winches. On a long, hard pull the winch can get "fry an egg" hot.

 

[beenthere]

I've been thinking of doing this to my tractor and your post of one of very few I can find of someone doing exactly this. Very nice install and it looks great! I see this post dates back a while. How has it been working out?
Thanks for posting! :thumbsup:

Send goldenwings a PM message, as his last post was 7 years ago, but last activity in April '19. That should bring attention to your question.