Fitting the New Winch

Some of you may be surprised to learn that I did not have a winch fitted particularly doing what I do, however over my 30 years of off-road driving, I've hardly ever found a front mounted electric winch to be of significant enough use to warrant having one. Of course I have had them over the years on various vehicles, but not on this vehicle. I've always erred on the side of caution and almost never needed to winch. When I have to, I use a hand winch. Since it is usually my clients who get bogged, the portability of a hand winch is handy.

Finally however I decided that given the amount of winch training we do as a training organisation, I'd best fit a winch rather than use the clients', or my other trainer's vehicles. These days there are some great winches available at low prices, so after lots of research I decided to give the Tigers11 winch a try. I'd seen a few of them working out on the tracks and thought there were many attractive features, not the least of which was the price. I bought the 12000lb winch with plasma rope.

The winch was delivered to my house, and despite very minor damage to the switch cover it arrived intact. I watched the DVD which advises to buy the winch from someone who can offer warranty, and I must say I agree with that.

Fitting it to the Nissan (ARB) Commercial bar was not as easy as I had hoped. Eventually I relented and removed the bullbar which made the job of fittment easy. Removing my bullbar however was not simple, with 3 antennas and water connections running to it, as well as earth straps and spotlights and indicators - it took some time.

I'll post an update with pictures as soon as I complete the wiring.