Winch Bumper Recommendations?
I've had a few close calls recently with deer, elk, and a Bigfoot (JK) and I figure it's only a matter of time until I hit one. I also need a winch so I'm now in the market for a winch bumper or as El...
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jefe 4x4 wrote:
I didn't know that Ramsey was still made here. Good for them. AFA Warn, I got the memo from a reliable source on the Pirate Page. It now looks like partial info to me.
One last issue that came to mind is the actual access to the winch controls and the ability to adjust the wrap of the cable at the end of each row upon rewind. With a complete, unremovable top cover this looks like building a ship in a bottle to me. If you don't 'dress' your wire rope at each wrap row upon rewind, the life expectancy of said rope is greatly diminished.
On my old '66 Land Cruiser FJ40 the winch controls were a couple levers on the floor above the power take-off face on the transfer case, so I applied a labelmaker big red plastic label above the controls on the dash that said, "WINCH". On the glove box door just in front of the passenger seat I had another label reading, "WENCH". It took Jeanie a while to realize the not-so-subtle difference and it was quickly vaporized.
Winch On!
jefe
Jefe, the Buckstop bumpers have an access door on the top of the bumper so you can perform winching operations and perform maintenance on the winch. That was a must-have item for me. If you look closely at the pic below you can see the black lift tab.
