That's the style I was interested in getting. My question is related to whether anyone has experience/knowledge using such a winch setup with the LR4's OEM rear hitch receiver. I wonder if there would be any issue as it's not a direct-to-frame hitch connection, but rather this odd workaround receiver that LR came up with and that I have.
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That's the style I was interested in getting. My question is related to whether anyone has experience/knowledge using such a winch setup with the LR4's OEM rear hitch receiver. I wonder if there would be any issue as it's not a direct-to-frame hitch connection, but rather this odd workaround receiver that LR came up with and that I have.
Lucky8 is a distributor for Terrafirma and you can get the Terrafirma hidden winch mount and 12k Terrafirma synthetic winch from them.
Here's what I did. https://www.landroverworld.org/threads/terrafirma-hidden-winch-install.29560/
I've been yanked from the oem long gooseneck hitch plenty of times without fail. That's lots of dynamic kinetic energy. A winch is more slow constant static energy pull and you should be more than fine.
Good to hear on the strength of the gooseneck!
Merry Christmas to me! Santa delivered a little early. Got some GoTreads
Have you considered sand ladders? Would they have helped you in your predicament? They work going forward and reverse
Merry Christmas to me! Santa delivered a little early. Got some GoTreads
Merry Christmas to me! Santa delivered a little early. Got some GoTreads
I got some bridging waffle boards mounted to the bottom of my FRO Slimline II.
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So how long did it take and do you have more details to share? Winch model, mount used, any instructions that would be helpful, things you would have done differently?
defiant
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Could you give us a location of the source for this setup - I myself would like to do this to my LR3
sure.
I got the Terrafirma winch mount from Lk8 in NY. (Hope your experience is better than mine was). I’m pretty sure Terrafirma 4x4 have other stockists though.
The winch I found at 4wheelparts.
My battery isolation was from Amazon. There’s lots available, pick whichever suits your needs.
I’d recommend a small tool like a dremmell for the bumper cutting. Get lots of blades for it to, because it took a lot of cutting to get the backing trimmed to a good fit, although the hole in the bumper itself was quick and easy.
Someone already asked this question on previous page and I answered.
djkaosone Posted a fantastic blog of his install and he added a link on page 1. My winch is a smittybilt but im 99% sure any brand will work with the Terrafirma discrete mount. The install took me all day, that was probably due to that fact im defiantly not a mechanic or an electrician but I'm very happy with the results I achieved.
As for the things done differently, I think I would have changed my fairlead to a nicer black one, but that's just aesthetics. If I had more skills, I may have wired up everything into the cabin. Currently if I want to use it, I pop the hood to flip the isolation switch, pull the control into the cabin and begin working it. Having it on a switch and extending the controls so its always in the cabin might have been a nice touch, but its certainly not needed, as you'll probably be out of the cabin to set up the line anyway.
avslash
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Not as straightforward as popping a portable winch tray into your receiver, but you can go backwards with a front mounted winch.
