Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:38
Batt's,
If a receiver attached winch is left in either it's front or rear mounting whilst traveling, yes it will certainly compromise your approach or departure angle. To me the simple solution is to have the winch stored somewhere in or on the vehicle other than poking out the front (possibly illegal) or rear permanently.
To me the advantage of this style, plus of course being able to pull your vehicle from either direction, is that it is not left in the weather and not so easy to get stolen.
The major downside is as you have said, is getting it to whichever end you want to winch from. Not too hard on a nice firm level surface. Unfortunately it is pretty hard to get yourself bogged on a nice firm level surface.
As far as a Tirfor is concerned, one of those was my first winch that I carried in an FJ40 which was one of my first 4WDs. Bought second hand, and I think the unit and the coil of wire rope it came with are still down the shed somewhere.
I only ever used it twice. Once to see if it still worked, which it did, and once in anger. I was only a
young man in my early 30s and I learned, after that experience, there are many alternatives to getting a vehicle unbogged.
Unless you are tired of paying gym
membership fees. LOL
Cheers
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