Securing Your Winch

Guy · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 842 City: Orillia

I've always strapped my winch to a tree. It has always been convenient.

What other methods are you guys using to secure your winch?

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

i find stick and shove them infront of it usually

416 · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 836 City: Toronto

sit on it obv Smash

rfmcrx · Posted: Dec 21, 2010 7:04 am Post subject:

i use straps, stakes, or pile rocks in front of it. plus the legs on the front of my winch dig into the ground so that helps to. or i leave it in my trailer hitch, thats the nice thing about owning a lifted jeep, you can 4wheel in to awsome spots to ride at.

Raven · Posted: Dec 21, 2010 7:39 am Post subject:

i just got some stakes from distortion that go through eyebolts that are connected to where the handle slides over the receiver mount. i can't wait to try it.......looks like first use might be in the snow though Embarassed

damn is it cold out Smash

looks like a white christmas though Wink

Alexxx, by white i mean SNOW.........google it Laughing

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

I bought a pair of screw anchors (auger anchors?). They're like this but the ones I found are more heavy duty. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200312319_200312319

You can secure the winch anywhere you can get the screws in the ground. You have to make sure to dig down to harder packed sand if you want to use em on the beach though (my winch got loose on me once Cool

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POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

reebar at an angle(tiedown, rope, hole in frame)

or those movable dog leash things (basically same thing as Gnarshredd showed)

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JB_CANSKATE · Posted: Dec 21, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject:

I use 3 ft 1"x1" steel rods as stakes if i can't leave it in the hitch or strap it too a tree.

paulmc · Posted: Dec 23, 2010 11:10 am Post subject:

We bought three 18inch long chisels, they go into to ground nice, then you can tie the racket straps around them, served us well and don't move an inch!

supermanotorious · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 518 City: Phoenix

I use the steel stakes contractors use to hold concrete molds in place, it's crazy I find them all over town so I've never had to pay for one, my design allows for a single stake to hold the winch in place, I can show you how to mod your winch really cheap so you can too, other times I've used 2 ratcheting straps which work very well too

price.dan · Backside 180 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1404 City: Regina

I've never really understood using numerous stakes...

I just hammer a 3 ft. crow bar into the ground and tie the winch to it. Simple and effective. It just seems numerous stakes is overkill.

robsmaze · Posted: Dec 23, 2010 1:46 pm Post subject:

3/4" piece of steel rod, 2' long, with a sharp tip and a couple washers weleded to the top so you can beat on it. but, if you build your winch with wheelbarrow handles on the front it keeps it from flipping up and you can use less to tie it down or anchor it in...

Guy · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 842 City: Orillia

Lots of good ideas.

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

I generally just set it down and hope for the best..

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle