Thinking about a winch...........

buells1 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:22 am

I would like to add a winch to my '06 CRD and wondered what I need to purchase such as a new bumper, etc. Or better yet, do I NEED a new bumper and what winch do you recommend......

Fouros · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:43 am

that depends if your married i am sure your wife would not like you getting a new wench

a winch on the other hand warn makes good winches,

a winch bar would be a good start ARB makes a HEAVY bar ( you will need HD ARB Springs to cope with the sagging ) and TJM have made a NEW winch bar for the 05 / 06 KJ's which is half the weight of the ARB

hth

corwyyn · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:04 am

Ah Fouros, ya beat me to it

Definitely need to make sure the other women don't mind a new wench in the stable

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:54 pm

Several folks have gone to front reciever hitches and mount a winch on a removable cradle - it allows the winch to be moved front to back as needed - or left in the garage if it's not needed.
the only bumper I currently know of for a winch mount is the ARB and it's heavy - since you have a CRD - you're looking at extraspacers, or custom springs to keep the jeep level after bumper and winch.

and buells1 - a long time ago I had a Norton Altas - it was a great bike - so when're you going to uncrate the Commando?

Hey Fouros I've also seen advertisements about a Tmax - supposed to be an Australian design - you ever heard of them?

dog_party · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:07 pm

You have the stiffest springs made for our trucks already. The ARB will collapse your front-end, so don't get it. A front receiver hitch and a hitch-mount winch are your only "off the shelf" solutions. There are a couple front bumpers that are supposed to be lighter than the ARB coming out. Those might be candidates for you. Or you can go with something custom.

unixxx · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:22 pm

The Warn M8000 is a good choice for the Liberty and it's recommended by ARB for use in their bull bar. In fact, I think according to the winch rule of thumb of weight and a half, the M6000 would also work. You can actually get them for almost half off at winchdepot.com. Does anyone know if the front receiver is still in production? I thought All J bought the last batch or something....

Endurance · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:25 pm

I dont think we can purchase the TJM bumper in the US , can we?

Fouros · **Posted:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:44 pm

yes you can contact tjm usa for pricing

http://www.tjmbullbars.com/contact.htm

Endurance · **Posted:** Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:22 pm

I didnt found it on their website. What do y'all think how much one of those TJM bars would go for?

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:44 am

http://www.tjmbullbars.com/alabama.htm

Endurance · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:01 pm

dog_party, thats not the right one though. Thats not the one thats on the picture further up.

2006KJSPORT4x4 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:30 pm

but that is what tjm shows to be a bull bar for their 02-04 KJs.....The front bumper is not listed on their website yet from what i could tell. You'd have to contact their local branch in Knoxville to figure a price out on that bumper that OzLtd is showing off...But I'd think it would be in the $500-$700 range easily...

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:15 pm

I had to submit that post before I was done typing Endurance, sorry about that. I meant to say "Check this bumper out." on the pict and then write something brilliant and witty for the link I posted. But work interrupted my (cough cough) work day and I had to post early.

Sorry about the confusion.

Anyway, check the link, it shows the suppliers in Alabama for you. It looks like you have a place in Homewood, Rainbow City, Mobile, Huntsville, and Killen, Alabama.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:27 pm

AW! What happened to the wench?

OzLtd · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:33 pm

maybe look at this ?

A TJM 10,000Lb Hydraulic Winch :lol:

Bit of overkill but hell it works !

TJM are working on an 8,000Lb Hydraulic Winch I believe ? 8K is the highest recommended for the KJ.

unixxx · **Posted:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:43 pm

That's pretty sweet. Both the bumper and the winch. So does a company make a hydraulic pump for the 3.7L then?

OzLtd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:12 am

The hydraulic power needed to power the winch is from the KJ stock power steering pump. The kit comes with a couple of hydraulic hoses (that funnily enough 'we' (Hydraulink) supply to TJM!) and tap straight into it. You only need 1000-1500psi to run the hydraulic winch. Hydraulic power is alot stonger than electrical power.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:50 am

Oz.....don't you mean 8K would be the minimum, not maximum for a KJ, with regards to a winch?

unixxx · **Posted:** Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:53 am

That's a cool idea. Is the power steering essentially disabled when you use the winch?

spoonplugger1 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:02 am

On my brother's jeep the steering isn't disabled, but you have to ramp up the rpms to around 1100 rpms if I remember right to get the winch to start working at capacity.

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