so I sold my winch. bold move. what to put in its place?

[BIGdaddy]

hi all, i have a Jeep. its pretty stock. it does a lot of what i want it to do, being stock.

-great mpg
-comfy ride on the highway
-excellent desert/rocky mountain explorer.

i had the winch installed for a year, and guess what...i used it TWICE...neither was on a trail ride. so its gone.

on the flip side i'm getting Rokmen Mercenary rock sliders installed in a week, because every time i've gone off-highway, I have needed protection in that area, (and heck if i had them installed earlier this year, i wouldn't have had ANY damage from the retard that backed into me in my parking lot of my old apartment)

you can see a trend here.

I did, in fact, keep the winch plate(in case i change my mind or wheeling style) that can mount a fairlead, so the question is...what do i put in its place?

the spot is 26" long and 7" wide. holes are drilled in the plate with the standard 4"x10" bolt pattern.

i was thinking of type of storage device or mebbe a couple lights? water can mount.

what says you?

 

[madizell]

Putting a water can in front of your radiator would be like using a cold-weather block to raise engine temperatures. Not enough air flow. Whatever you do, keep it low profile. Tool box perhaps for recovery straps and shackles, now that you don't have the ability to self-recover, so someone else can give you a tug when you get stuck.

 

[FourByLand]

A shallow ammo can seems ideal and then you can keep dirty chains or rope, gloves or maybe a compressor and hose depending on the size and you can lock it for safe keeping.

 

[BIGdaddy]

Putting a water can in front of your radiator would be like using a cold-weather block to raise engine temperatures. Not enough air flow. Whatever you do, keep it low profile. Tool box perhaps for recovery straps and shackles, now that you don't have the ability to self-recover, so someone else can give you a tug when you get stuck.

yeah, i didn' mean blocking the radiator. i've seen some pics of landy's that have cans with the narrow side facing forward, that hardly blocked anything at all (lights, radiator, etc).

sold my hi-lift, too.

haven't used that sucka in about 5 years...lol...I could almost see you cringe and shake your head when you wrote the above comment...lol...(j/k, dude-you know you're on my christmas card list still!:sombrero



My plan is to keep my bridging ladders handy and to get an x-jack, to lift myself out of anything i get into, and then backfill, backfill, backfill.

works pretty well actually. i used this method for a long time before i got my winch.

not saying i won't get another winch sometime, but not for a while probably. I've been eyeing a milemarker hydraulic for a long time, but with as little as i have needed one, even when i have gotten stuck.... i don't know that i coud ever justify the expense/weight, etc.

 

[BIGdaddy]

A shallow ammo can seems ideal and then you can keep dirty chains or rope, gloves or maybe a compressor and hose depending on the size and you can lock it for safe keeping.

thats a good idea. i have a portable viair, and tire fix kit that i keep with me all the time..i also like the idea of all my dirty, heavy recovery gear being out of the vehicle.

 

[Lynn]

Since ammo cans have removable lids, I always thought it would be slick to mount an air comperssor upside down on the inside of the lid. When in use, the lid would serve as a base for the compressor.

I would use an ammo box that was big enough so that the hoses, cords, gauges, tools, plug kits, extra stems/cores, etc. could be stored in the bottom.

 

[BIGdaddy]

Since ammo cans have removable lids, I always thought it would be slick to mount an air comperssor upside down on the inside of the lid. When in use, the lid would serve as a base for the compressor.

I would use an ammo box that was big enough so that the hoses, cords, gauges, tools, plug kits, extra stems/cores, etc. could be stored in the bottom.

nice. thats a good idea...

i was reading about the project hatari jeep on JP.com...i could put a forward-mounted hunting seat a la "hatari". Not sure if i could find a John wayne look-a-like though.

 

[West Coast Mags]

Not too useful but I've always thought have a big old crusty 30 year old logging chain saw mounted on a big bumper would be pretty intimidating. Guess I'm just wierd.....

 

[madizell]

I understand what the guy in the picture above is trying to do, but I have to ask -- what the heck would he do if he actually did snare that Rhino?

 

[HanzoSteel]

I understand what the guy in the picture above is trying to do, but I have to ask -- what the heck would he do if he actually did snare that Rhino?

Rhino soup!


I'd go with a box of some sort for recovery gear.

 

[Lynn]

I understand what the guy in the picture above is trying to do, but I have to ask -- what the heck would he do if he actually did snare that Rhino?

Rhino soup!

I think Mad's question was more along the lines of what is going to happen when you have a rhino on one end of a rope and a mere man on the other.

We have to remember, though, that this was no mere man. It was John Wayne!!







Also, IIRC from seeing the movie many years ago, as soon as the rope was on the rhino they had lots 'o guys, and possibly vehicles, on the other end.

 

[michaelgroves]

I thought "Rhino soup" was the perfect answer!

 

[DBS311]

I see a trend here.............selling things you don't use often.

You gonna sell your spare tire?:sombrero:

 

[BIGdaddy]

I see a trend here.............selling things you don't use often.

You gonna sell your spare tire?:sombrero:

hmmm....:sombrero: