essexpestcontrol
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OK, so we know that a winch on the front looks the mutts nutts, but there's only one or two people out there making winch bumpers etc as they seem to be overlooked by the mainstream suppliers
now as much as I want/need a winch, shelling out a few hundred plus makes me wonder if I'm going too over the top, as my only off roading is a private farm track leading to my woods, and the wood itself, which can get a bit muddy in places, and as yet, I've never been stuck in either the freelander or the vitara,but there's always a first time, and if need be, I do have a large heavy duty hand winch stored at the woods, so I could use that if need be, just a little slow.
so looking on you tube there's quite a few (american) clips on attaching winches to brackets that are then fixed onto the tow bar ball, these seem a good idea to me, not as good looking as a front mounted one, but will do what it says on the tin (or will it?)
surely for just pulling you backwards out of a muddy section, it would suffice???
your views welcome
now as much as I want/need a winch, shelling out a few hundred plus makes me wonder if I'm going too over the top, as my only off roading is a private farm track leading to my woods, and the wood itself, which can get a bit muddy in places, and as yet, I've never been stuck in either the freelander or the vitara,but there's always a first time, and if need be, I do have a large heavy duty hand winch stored at the woods, so I could use that if need be, just a little slow.
so looking on you tube there's quite a few (american) clips on attaching winches to brackets that are then fixed onto the tow bar ball, these seem a good idea to me, not as good looking as a front mounted one, but will do what it says on the tin (or will it?)
surely for just pulling you backwards out of a muddy section, it would suffice???
your views welcome