Winch in back, rope in front

[turbodudey2]

Here's an idea...

For this to work you'd need to have a receiver in the front bumper to mount the truss to. And then another fairlead in the rear bumper to feed the winch rope through to direct it out the back. You'd just use the pulley out front to change the direction of the winch rope, run it under the truck and through a fairlead in the rear bumper.

You'd probably have to build a bumper specifically for this purpose since you could have up to double the winch capacity on the pulley and that could create be a pretty large moment on the bumper.

 

[Ross]

For this to work you'd need to have a receiver in the front bumper to mount the truss to. And then another fairlead in the rear bumper to feed the winch rope through to direct it out the back. You'd just use the pulley out front to change the direction of the winch rope, run it under the truck and through a fairlead in the rear bumper.

You'd probably have to build a bumper specifically for this purpose since you could have up to double the winch capacity on the pulley and that could create be a pretty large moment on the bumper.

Yuu will need to change the direction one more time.

If you want one winch set in the middle, this probably won't be possible with a smaller vehicle. If you pull from the top of the drum one the front and from the bottom for the rear it would work.

The best solution would be wheel with a buddy where each of you a winch have or mount two permanent winches. By the time you pay for all the fab work to make a mulit mount strong enough you could probably have almost enough for a couple of winches.

 

[turbodudey2]

Yuu will need to change the direction one more time.

If you want one winch set in the middle, this probably won't be possible with a smaller vehicle. If you pull from the top of the drum one the front and from the bottom for the rear it would work.

The best solution would be wheel with a buddy where each of you a winch have or mount two permanent winches. By the time you pay for all the fab work to make a mulit mount strong enough you could probably have almost enough for a couple of winches.

No, that's a side view of the front bumper (just a normal front mounted winch). So you only need one pulley to direct the rope to the rear.

If you're building a winch bumper already, it would be super easy to add a receiver in the front (not really much extra cost). The only costs would be a heavy duty pulley, truss, and fairlead for the rear. Hardly the cost of a whole other winch.

I'll probably do something similar to this whenever I get around to building bumpers. It's definitely worth it to be able to winch from the rear. (it would have been nice to have that several times just last week alone)

 

[Ross]

No, that's a side view of the front bumper (just a normal front mounted winch). So you only need one pulley to direct the rope to the rear.

If you're building a winch bumper already, it would be super easy to add a receiver in the front (not really much extra cost). The only costs would be a heavy duty pulley, truss, and fairlead for the rear. Hardly the cost of a whole other winch.

I'll probably do something similar to this whenever I get around to building bumpers. It's definitely worth it to be able to winch from the rear. (it would have been nice to have that several times just last week alone)

I see the triangles are the winch not the vehicle. I would be cautious doing it this way. I would think you could easily pull the front end into the ground or damage it in other ways, and possible rip up some components under the vehicle. I would think you would need guides for the cable. These guides would have to be substantial and would hang under the vehicle and cause a clearance issue.

There will also be control issues. Tie a rope to the front of a wagon, run the rope under the wagon and try pulling from the rear.