Arb Land Rover LR4 Winch Bar

[Blathering1]

Any insights on the ARB LR4 Winch Bar-- is it on the market?
What happens to the parking sensors?

Curious as to the weight of the unit. With a winch the weight will be significant-- how much this will impact the balance of the truck remains to be seen.

I heard of a company in PA making a bumper/winch mount for the LR4-- they made LR3 bumpers and were trying to have one designed for the LR4. Anyone aware of this group and their progress?

 

[jwest]

A synthetic winch line will help reduce the weight but you don't have to use a full bumper replacement in order to have a winch. There is the factory tray as well as aftermarket versions that tuck inside the oem bumper shell.

 

[Blathering1]

Front Bumper Weight

Thanks Jwest-- I will look at the under bumper trays. Synthetic rope is good weight reduction idea as well.

The aftermarket bumper has light guards and a much more robust frame which is the appeal to the ARB, the winch tray is an added bonus.

I recalled the name of the PA outfit that was fabricating bumpers...Bottorf Fabrication. They only had an LR3 at the time I spoke with them, I will see if they have updated their line.

 

[Blathering1]

Bottorf is Gone

I recalled the name of the PA outfit that was fabricating bumpers...Bottorf Fabrication. They only had an LR3 at the time I spoke with them, I will see if they have updated their line.

I found that they are gone (apparently with good reason from what I hear!)

 

[jwest]

Yeah, I do like the ARB on mine but have yet to hit a moose to really see what it will do for me. It is an easy solution though overall when considering the winch mount. What do you need light guards for? Maybe I don't know what you mean. Are you planning on running through lots of heavy branches?

Expedition Exchange has some synthetic winch line solutions and lots of other stuff to consider.

Before a new bumper or winch though I'd first have:
1- great tires and full size where it's easy to access.
2- bridging ladders and shovel

 

[jwest]

Rovertym (RTE) makes one that I've heard good things about functionally but it sure could use an aesthetic revision:

http://www.rte-fab.com/products?pag...azing_zoom1.tpl&product_id=105&category_id=18

 

[NASdiesel]

Based on their Facebook posting (arb usa), it appears they are very close to have a production bumper ready. Seems like the timing should be May.