So I bought another Unimog. Imagine that and silly me. And it is really big and heavy and has a Claas overdrive so a PTO winch is not an option.
I've checked into electric but with the way they are rated in the US, which is for pulling a rolling load up a slight grade on a hard surface, an 18K winch is not going to do squat if my 30 something thousand pound vehicle is stuck in anything beyond slippery wet grass. To prove that an electric winch on big Unimog is wishful thinking, a friend had his unimog that weighed maybe half of mine stuck in a pond and with 2 of those 18k Superwinches pulling at once it did not even budge. Took him many hours and multiple vehicles to eventually extract it.
I've looked into Ramsey hydraulic winches but the high pull rate, like 40,000 lb, are very heavy and big in size. I saw the link to that winch thread by Spicergear and will read through that, but according to the title that is for smaller winches on a 406.
I know this is a shot in the dark, but maybe someone has a good idea and has already researched this.
I never feel comfortable going offroad unless I have a winch and with this big of a Unimog if it gets stuck it's going to take something huge like a MANCAT to get to it and extract it, and those things aren't exactly on every corner, especially if I'm way off the beaten path somewhere. I need to be self sufficient with self extractability.
Maybe dual smaller european hydraulic winches might be the only option. I have more room to mount in the rear but am not sure where they would go at this point.
I've checked into electric but with the way they are rated in the US, which is for pulling a rolling load up a slight grade on a hard surface, an 18K winch is not going to do squat if my 30 something thousand pound vehicle is stuck in anything beyond slippery wet grass. To prove that an electric winch on big Unimog is wishful thinking, a friend had his unimog that weighed maybe half of mine stuck in a pond and with 2 of those 18k Superwinches pulling at once it did not even budge. Took him many hours and multiple vehicles to eventually extract it.
I've looked into Ramsey hydraulic winches but the high pull rate, like 40,000 lb, are very heavy and big in size. I saw the link to that winch thread by Spicergear and will read through that, but according to the title that is for smaller winches on a 406.
I know this is a shot in the dark, but maybe someone has a good idea and has already researched this.
I never feel comfortable going offroad unless I have a winch and with this big of a Unimog if it gets stuck it's going to take something huge like a MANCAT to get to it and extract it, and those things aren't exactly on every corner, especially if I'm way off the beaten path somewhere. I need to be self sufficient with self extractability.
Maybe dual smaller european hydraulic winches might be the only option. I have more room to mount in the rear but am not sure where they would go at this point.