How can I attach e-winch to BX?

[ByronBob]

After you get it cleaned up, show it some love, promise it new fluids and it should forgive you.

 

[scott_in_ny]

one thing not mentioned.
with a winch or a come-a-long you still need a good anchor to use to pull towards.

now.... do you pull it forward into more of a mess or do you pull it from the rear to get out of what you just got into.

a winch is not always the best. as posted above I use a Hi-Lift jack with a 2X10 under it with a chain or an axle strap to wrap under a piece of the tractor. Lift it up and put a scaffolding plank under that side.

I have a Bx22 so alot of times i can slip some wood under the outriggers and loader ,lift the tractor and slip the planks under the wheels.

If I dont have the backhoe on I use the Hi-Lift. The best tool to have around the house. You can lift,clamp,spread do alot of things w/one of these.
I dont go off road without one and I have a warn XD9000i winch.

Just buy the genuine Hi-lift not some cheap chinese crap.

 

[RobertN]

Use the curl on your loader bucket. Wrap a chain around the bucket, and run it out to an anchor point. Now curl you bucket. It only pulls a little bit at a time, but should work...

 

[edski]

Sweeeet...
My old MF 253 has been stuck so many times that my wife named it the "Enterprise"...cuz it's gone where no man has gone before.
My new B7610 only get's un-stuck a little easier. So far I've been able to pull myself out w/ the BH, but I'm sure to do better soon /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I look at it this way...if you don't get into it every now and then, your not trying hard enough.
That said, I've not considered a winch for the tractor. I've focused more on the "recovery" vehicle. And when that doesn't work I'm happy I've got good neighbors (with big equipment).
Cheers, edski

 

[B2400]

The key here will be the amp draw of the winch your looking at. Unless you have the upgrade alternator(40amp), your BX has a 14amp dynamo generator. You'll need to know the amp draw requirement at full load of the winch in question. Your battery has a reserve, but if your pull requires more than about a minute you'll exhaust your battery and possibly damage your charging system. I've got a Warn M12000 on my old woods truck and it draws about 80A no load and 435A at full rated pull(12000lbs). So, you can see the importance of knowing the electrical load at full draw in finding the right winch for your application. The other down fall to some of the smaller winches is the length of cable that they carry. I think most of them use between 25 and 50ft of cable. 50ft of cable would be workable, but 25ft doesn't leave you much to work with if your stuck very far from an anchor point. You can double the pulling capacity of a winch by using a block and tackle to compound your leverage but again cable length can be a concern here.
All said, I think a hydraulic winch would be a more viable alternative if you can find one to fit. Mile Marker use to make hydraulic winches but I think the smallest was in the 8-9000lb range. I know that they utilized the power steering pump to power them, but I don't know the GPM requirement that they used. Good Luck and let us know what you find out!!

 

[Volfandt]

I recall seeing a project where a fellow installed a hydraulic winch on the back of an old TE20 Ferguson. It was powerful enough to pull the TE20 up a slight hill!

One could weld up some mounting brackets to the FEL and perhaps use the the FEL's valve or rig up a power beyond setup.

The std dynamo on the BX23/2230 will max out at about 168 watts and I doubt the charging system could run at that output continously for very long....

Volfandt

 

[escavader]

Coming from a die hard atv rider,i think you will be alittle hard pressed getting it out with a 3000 lb atv winch.ive been stuck terrible,and you have to somehow break that sucksion that mud really holds you.i do this by using my winch,rocking it side to side,and GIVING HER ALL SHES GOT CAPTAIN.some times i have to even swallow my pride and get the wife to yank me out,with hers.its awful hard to rock a tractor,and you cant spin them wheels fast etc.i think you ought to reconsider the atv winch.
ESCAVADER

 

[don716]

I put a Warn 2000# ATV Winch on my B7500 tractor and it works well. Just contact your local ATV dealer and ask them how to properly install it.It will work great as long as it is put on right. I did have to make a bracket to mount the winch on but other than that I installed it myself. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for putting a winch on my 4x4 tractor but I think it looks great and you will use it sooner or later because even a 4x4 can get stuck as some of you already know.
Donny /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[jim_wilson]

I have been following this thread because I thought at a couple of points about putting a winch on my BX23 also. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a hydraulic winch until I saw it mentioned here - so I just did a quick search on google and Mile Marker does make hydraulic winches - and it looks like the specs match up pretty good with the BX23 - they are looking for 3.5GPM and 1500 psi - I know the pump on the BX puts out right around 3.5GPM but the pressure is a little bit higher - I think around 1900 PSI . The page I found the winches is at Mile Marker Hydraulic Winches .

 

[cckjone]

All the excellent advice and empathy is much appreciated. I’m rethinking the electrical winch route and may either save up for a hydraulic winch or buy a quality 4-ton come-along. Which is kind of difficult to find because almost every come-along I’ve seen are $19.95 cheap, press steel units that don’t look like they would hold up to anything more than very light use. I have one of those now and I’m just not comfortable cranking up a heavy load while standing right beside something that looks likes it’s ready to shatter.