PTO Winches for Landrovers

Damn....

Wolfie

I think you'll find it's all in the eye of the beholder. Current 110's are stock height. Earlier SIII's looked higher 'cause they'd removed the sills and had cut-out guards.

As for why the army still use them ... I'd best not go there in detail ... (don't want to upset all our Nipponese mates....;-)) )

A hell of a lot of defence forces use them worldwide... QED

Winches ... far as I know Thomas still make PTO jobbies. But you need an adapter to fit onto the side of the transfer case then a drive shaft to the front to drive the winch. Always been much more exxy than leccie.

As far as value goes I think you'd go a long way to find a better maintained second hand unit. And they don't really do more hard work than the average truck ... perhaps less.

Army specs .. yes. Galv chassis etc etc ... very basic "in your face" truck.

Cheers

Hey Lone Wolf,
When I was doing my time back around '91, we had an exceptionally high mortallity rate for the LR 110's, mostly axles and transfer cases. When I asked why the three troop carriers we had only ever saw the workshop for services and the LR's always seem to be in there, so why don't we use troopies all the time? the answer was "Politics" It didn't answer my question then, it wont answer your question now but the troopies went every where the LR's did and suffered no mech probs at all.
Blue

Mmmmm............ maybe that's why they're in the Auto Electricians shop..........

Anyway, I still like them!

Cheers

Wolfie

Blue

I beg to differ. IMO comparing a 110 to a Troopy is akin to comparing a Troopy to a Rav4. There is simply no comparison.

Cheers

Rosco
are you saying a 110 is equivalent to a rav4? ;-)

I drove them both, the 110 isn't much smaller, they were both live axle poverty pack units, the troopy just couldn't be destroyed is all I was saying. Having said that, due to the high maint cost, I've never understood why we continued to use the 110.
Blue

Bluey

Depends on your point of view I suppose. My understanding is Toyota had a 3 year contract but the vehicles couldn't cut the mustard. At the end Defence couldn't wait to get back into LR's. And it had nought to do with "saving LRA".

A '91 troopy with leaf springs all round was no match for coils. Only marginally better now.

Cheers cob

Well I guess that pretty much rounds up my hi-jacking of this post, thanks for the extra info Rosco, it took 13 years to get a reasonable answer... go figure.
Blue