Just curious on the battery. Do you guys upgrade the battery or is the stock battery good enough for winching

 

Standard battery is sufficient so long as it's not on it's way out. I try to never winch (especially if a load is on the winch) without the vehicle running. I would ensure that the alternator is good as well.

 

Yep normal battery will work (the more AMP's the better). As mentioned above with the engine running, in N with the E-Brake applied (winching while in Park could cause serious damage to the parking paw inside the transmission).

 

I’m very close to getting a winch. Just in case I need it lol been searching for couple weeks on classifieds. Came very close to buying one yesterday
I was just going through some old posts and lots of people had lots to say about winching and running dual battery’s yellow top etc. Disco mike was a fan of the dual battery

 

Dual batteries are a great thing to have especially if often in very remote situations or doing lots of heavy pulls back to back. I plan on running dual batteries sometime this year (have the parts just need to fab a battery tray) but I already have a lot of potential load with air compressor and lights.

 

Dual batteries are nice. If you plan on winching a lot dual batteries are handy, and so is a higher AMP alternator. I run P38 Bosch 150AMP units in all my D2's and I also run the older P38 GEMS 120AMP units on my D1's as every little bit helps.

I was going to do a dual battery setup, but I got a deal on a really nice jump box. So for me I just stick that in whichever LR I'm in and I'm good to go. I've recovered myself maybe 5 times over the years. I use my winches recovering other people far more often.

If possible I secure my LR to a tree (when recovering a vehicle), use a ****** block, and winch them out slowly and if needed let the battery charge back up and let the winch cool.

No ​​​​need to be in a race recovering someone as that is usually when someone gets hurt or a cable/line snaps leaving you with a much larger problem.

 

Here’s one I picked up yesterday fits nicely inside the arb bumper minor fitting issues
I’m thinking of putting sheet metal plate beside the electrical box that way the wire and clutch are covered

 

Warn powerplant 9500lb, tuffstuff synthetic rope, home made bumper

2500lb atv winch with Chinese synthetic rope, homemade bumper, wireless remote

 

@SundayFunday - You have any pics of the hidden mount you used to set it up? Did you need to pull parts off the winch and relocate? That is pretty much what I want to do - stay stock, but add the winch. I may get the Terra-Firmer hidden winch kit for the '00 Disco, and am still toying with which winch... and may just sit until a sale pops up.

 

It will also result in a blinking Odometer! As your LR will think it was messed with... (yes... speaking from experience... ::headbang!)