P1000m3 Strong Built Bumper and Winch affect cooling?

[Dirt_Guy]

Does anyone have the Strong Made bumper on a 1000 with a top mounted winch? If so, have you noticed any difference in cooling? I know this is apples and oranges but on any ATV I've owned, the winch seems to block airflow to some degree. Significantly so on a Foreman 400 and a Grizzly 660. I've only owned my Pioneer for less than a month and am just starting to move forward to make it a machine that works for my uses (farm, hauling, pulling implements, snow plowing) which are typically low speed/high torque. Very little rough trail or mud use. If it weren't for snow plowing, I doubt I would even consider a winch or the bumper. For the plow, I want the spool accessible and high up to provide better geometry.

Kind of off topic, I'm really impressed with traction on this machine. I'm able to climb most non-muddy steep areas in turf mode.

 

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[Rayger143]

Does anyone have the Strong Made bumper on a 1000 with a top mounted winch? If so, have you noticed any difference in cooling? I know this is apples and oranges but on any ATV I've owned, the winch seems to block airflow to some degree. Significantly so on a Foreman 400 and a Grizzly 660. I've only owned my Pioneer for less than a month and am just starting to move forward to make it a machine that works for my uses (farm, hauling, pulling implements, snow plowing) which are typically low speed/high torque. Very little rough trail or mud use. If it weren't for snow plowing, I doubt I would even consider a winch or the bumper. For the plow, I want the spool accessible and high up to provide better geometry.

Kind of off topic, I'm really impressed with traction on this machine. I'm able to climb most non-muddy steep areas in turf mode.

I'm not running a Strong Made bumper but same idea. I have not noticed any difference in cooling and it consistently runs at 2 bars on the temp gauge. I will highly recommend the cooling fan override kit from the club store. For some reason every once in awhile the cooling fan never came on and it got hot. This has only happened 3 times but with the switch I'm covered.

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[JACKAL]

Does anyone have the Strong Made bumper on a 1000 with a top mounted winch? If so, have you noticed any difference in cooling? I know this is apples and oranges but on any ATV I've owned, the winch seems to block airflow to some degree. Significantly so on a Foreman 400 and a Grizzly 660. I've only owned my Pioneer for less than a month and am just starting to move forward to make it a machine that works for my uses (farm, hauling, pulling implements, snow plowing) which are typically low speed/high torque. Very little rough trail or mud use. If it weren't for snow plowing, I doubt I would even consider a winch or the bumper. For the plow, I want the spool accessible and high up to provide better geometry.

Kind of off topic, I'm really impressed with traction on this machine. I'm able to climb most non-muddy steep areas in turf mode.

I ran the Strong Made front bumper and top mounted 4500 # winch on my 2016 P1K5D for nearly 10K miles without issue. That said you must keep your radiator clean, also noted the current Pioneer 1000's have a much improved cooling system.

P1000 - Jackal's P1000-5

Got a UPS notice my Strong Made front bumper is arriving tomorrow for the P1K5D. About 2 weeks sooner than promised. Will post pictures of installation and thoughts on winch high on bumper or low in OEM location for use.

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P1000 - Jackal's P1000-5

Got a UPS notice my Strong Made front bumper is arriving tomorrow for the P1K5D. About 2 weeks sooner than promised. Will post pictures of installation and thoughts on winch high on bumper or low in OEM location for use.

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[Dirt_Guy]

Thanks Rayger and Jackal. In my limited time with the machine, it seems like the fan cycles fairly often and draws the voltage down to 14.0V from 14.2 regardless of RPM so I had that concern (and based on past ATV's). On the other hand, this is a 1000cc motor buried under the machine rather than being exposed so I guess that should be expected.

Seems a shame to dump a perfectly good bumper. Honda, if they're listening, should at least incorporate a strong enough attach point to the existing bumper. Could be cheaper than an add-on and easy enough to implement into a stock bumper (but then they couldn't sell it as an accessory).

 

[JACKAL]

Thanks Rayger and Jackal. In my limited time with the machine, it seems like the fan cycles fairly often and draws the voltage down to 14.0V from 14.2 regardless of RPM so I had that concern (and based on past ATV's). On the other hand, this is a 1000cc motor buried under the machine rather than being exposed so I guess that should be expected.

Seems a shame to dump a perfectly good bumper. Honda, if they're listening, should at least incorporate a strong enough attach point to the existing bumper. Could be cheaper than an add-on and easy enough to implement into a stock bumper (but then they couldn't sell it as an accessory).

On my current Pioneer 1000 a 2024 model I am using the Honda accessory front bumper and the ViperV2 6K winch in the OEM location.

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[906UP]

I have the same bumper as @Rayger143 with a Viper 3rd Gen 6K winch. No noticeable difference from stock but I also use the fan override kit, these buggies like to get warm, especially when moving at slower speeds. I turn the fan on manually anytime I'm in low range.