Installed the 6000lbs super atv winch tonight wasn’t to bad but I am curious when using a snatch block what dose everyone hook to on the buggy cause I have no where but bumper looking for ideas
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Hondasxs
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Ya. Not much to choose from there.
Mid to lower bumper or inside frame.
Do not recomend high on the bumper at all.
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Mid to lower bumper or inside frame.
Do not recomend high on the bumper at all.
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Are you talking about using a snatch block to loop your line and get more pull?
That 6k winch would dangle your machine from a tree.
That 6k winch would dangle your machine from a tree.
Lol nice so would you say I’m safe just running a strap around a tree and hooking to that?
Here are a couple options I have been looking at for potentially attaching to the flat part of the bumper. One is to be welded on, one bolted on, and one has the option of either/or both. They are listing them on Amazon as "clevis mount".
I would welcome anyone's comments on this idea...
I went to Princess Auto and got some eyebolts, attached the through the bumper to a piece of angle iron which is welded to the frame mount. You can bolt or weld the angle to the frame mount. You could also use a larger eyebolt
Your winch is only as good as it's weakest link. Pulling a stuck vehicle that is in deep mud and/or on and incline can add as much as three times or more of force required to move the vehicle. Winch rope is totally under rated that ships with almost all winches. If you want the best go the Masterpull, but the they're not cheap. And don't buy anything made in China.
Couple of points. There's a general rule for sizing winches, that is 1.5 times the vehicle gross weight . . . I've also heard 2 times. The Honda installed winch, that came on my '21 SE is a Warn 4500, the vehicle weighs just under 2000 lbs. Last week I used my P1000 to pull my tractor out of the mud, and at a 25 degree uphill to boot. The tractor weighs about 3000 lbs. I used a snatch block at the tractor tow bar and ran the winch line back to a shackle mounted to the front bumper which bolts through the thin bumper and a thick doubler - they are doubtless the weakest link, though I mounted the shackles right next to where the bumper's frame mount brackets are welded. I had the back of the Honda strapped to the trunk of a large Jeffrey pine just uphill or it would have simply pulled the Honda down to the tractor! Something was going to give, I thought, so paused several times as I added load. I watched those bumber shackles closely and all was fine as the little Honda yanked the tractor slowly out of the mud!
The limiting factor with using a winch that is larger still, is one of available electrical power. My 4.5K winch can draw something like 252 amps at full load - over 30 amps while reeling in a slack line. I have a second battery, but even that and engine running, an over 200 amp load is gonna decimate the available voltage very quickly. When that happens, guess what . . . I no longer have a winch that is pulling at it's rated power. That will happen even faster when running a 6,000 winch that can draw up to 328 amps or so. Bottom line, bigger sounds better, but without lots of battery capacity, it may not be what it seems. (Note too, the max 50 amp alternator capacity is only available at something like 5,000 rpm, not with engine at idle.)
The limiting factor with using a winch that is larger still, is one of available electrical power. My 4.5K winch can draw something like 252 amps at full load - over 30 amps while reeling in a slack line. I have a second battery, but even that and engine running, an over 200 amp load is gonna decimate the available voltage very quickly. When that happens, guess what . . . I no longer have a winch that is pulling at it's rated power. That will happen even faster when running a 6,000 winch that can draw up to 328 amps or so. Bottom line, bigger sounds better, but without lots of battery capacity, it may not be what it seems. (Note too, the max 50 amp alternator capacity is only available at something like 5,000 rpm, not with engine at idle.)
Having proof tested my winch installation, I will now start in ernest, looking to help rescue M1 Abrams tanks that are stuck in the ditch at the side of the road.
That would be my understanding. They come in two basic flavors, the old fashioned metal ones and the newer "soft shackle" and "recovery ring". The latter work surprisingly well and are much lighter to pack around.
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