> >Have you given any thought to where you are going to>
> >mount the directional valve?
> >I have an Areoparts hydraulic winch with the directional
> >valve mounted inside the cab of my SIII on the right side
> >heel board.
> >Works good enough but I can't see if I'm getting a rats
> >nest on the drum when I'm taking up on the cable.
> >Bill Fishel
Aloha,
I have the Koenig PTO that runs off the engine crank. It was originally
designed to run with PTO cables, but mine never had it. The PO sat on the
right front fender to operate the winch. If I was recovering someone else,
maybe. But for self recovery this scares the hell out of me, can just see
winching the Rover over myself after I pull a "Pete" and slip in the mud.
So I am going to get some cable from a truck suppliers and run em to the
cab.
I have the same concerns about getting the cable wrapped up wrong. I have
blue steel and it runs in pretty good, but it needed a bit of coaxing when I
wrapped it. Even though the blue is supposed to drop to the ground if it
breaks, I still believe the proper position when winching is in the cab with
the bonnet up. So how to watch the cable when winching? What I am thinking
of is a large flat mirror that clamps on to the roobar or mounts to the
front fender. When not winching it could just fold down onto the fender.
Pete
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