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front or back

Simple question winch mounted front or back or doesnt it matter
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either way you could fabricate a mount for a heavy duty eyelet on the opposite end, which along with maybe some runners on the bash plate will allow you to route the winch under the vehicle. Most of the winches I have seen have been front-mounted, must be a reason for it!
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i have a 5ton (lift) tirfor, but am having a hard time deciding if a mounted winch is required at all on the unimog i'll be leaving for a looooong trip with later this year.
i think i would mount it on the back whether i go for a hydraulic or electric winch, but with only a few bolts to undo a similar mounting on the front is easily fabricated, even if it would take two people to carry it round the other end! electric or hydraulic feeds are easily duplicated.
rear mount would be to keep it out of an onslaught of dirt from the road, and less obvious from a nickable point of view. would also not add to ferrying length, if people are that strict? but out of sight somewhat if someone was thieving.
from a weight point of view i think front mounting would be more balanced on my vehicle.
i cant think of a vehicle where you would have a clear cable run (without substantial modification) from one end to the other clearing full axle articulation during winching. a 101 was built to do it but with several chassis mounted pulleys from a centrally mounted gearbox driven winch, which may limit what else you want to bolt on such as fuel tanks etc.
unless you had a big suspension lift to create a gap from chassis to fully up axle i suppose??
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thanks all
it currently on the back of of my iveco 40,10w and is hydrulic, also have small tifor i bought for winching o and off the rear body during its build (ongoing), dont think that would pull it out as a dead bogged down weight but might be useful on partially stuck situations? like the idea of being removable but not sure are practical that really is when the trucks sunk up to its axles

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