want to do hidden winch

[JohnWilson]

took about 14 hours all up start to finish to fit winch

[nb422]

What part of the chassis did you mount it to and how? I'd like to do something like this, winch is there just don't know where/how to mount tidily and hidden like this....

[geeves]

Very nice but one issue I see popping up. Winches produce a lot of heat. (400 amps at full load = 4800w or 2.5 2 bar heaters) You might need to improve airflow around the motor

[JohnWilson]

it is mounted to were the nudge bar mounts with thick angle iron and will put a thermometer on it this weekend keep an eye on it it has no bac on it so it can get air from their

[geeves]

The problem isnt in normal use Its when you are really working the winch. If the outside of the winch gets to say 50C the temparature in the windings might be 200C plus which is hot enough to melt the insulation on the windings. Most low mount winches are very poor at getting rid of heat. Im on a second motor on mine and its sitting in an open angle iron cage.

[isuzurob]

winch will be fine if you dont over work it as geeves said, i have rebuilt my winch motor 6 times, after everytime i have abused it, 6 trucks on a single line pull for 2 minutes etc, wont get hot if you use it as per the instructions, no one ever does though, good job on the install

[JohnWilson]

yeah I only got it to pull my self out if I get stuck hunting by myself

[JohnWilson]

went out today winch worked wery well pulled my mate out of knee deep mud

[geeves]

The last motor on my winch was after 30 meters of those conditions with a 25 degree slope. Smoke came out

[mattmannz]

Nice install.

What thickness plate did you use? Any shots of the chassis mount?

Cheers
Matt