Winch on an L3800

[GaltsGulch]

I tried doing a search for this but the search doesn't seem to want to work on my iPad.

I got a Viper 5k winch and I want to install it on the front of my tractor but I don't want to use a quick connect. I was looking at one of those mounts on the Internet but it doesn't look very sturdy. Any one have any pictures of a winch installed on the brush guard of a Kubota? Just trying to get some ides.

Thanks

 

[Lennyzx11]

I'd be slow about putting one on my brush guard as it folds down for hood access on my L3301. I looked hard at the ballast box area and below it but the loader cross tube interferes when depressed down the the bottom .
I went with a receiver hitch mount on the rear which allows me to use it on other vehicles/trailers with a long set of jumper cables.
I have a Warn 5K and it drags the tractor sideways or up steep slopes with no bending on the receiver tube to date.



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[William1]

I went with a receiver mount, Warn 4700. Receivers front and back as well as on the pick up. When not being used, it sits indoors out of the elements.
On my tractor, a little BX, a permanent install would not fit due to the FEL and BH. Additionally, there are times whee I have stuffed the receiver mount in to the side of a dirt pile. Had the winch been there it would of been packed with dirt.
I use the winch a half dozen times a year. The inconvenience of it not being right there is out weighed by the abuse it would of suffered the rest of the time.

 

[Lennyzx11]

I'd be slow about putting one on my brush guard as it folds down for hood access on my L3301. I looked hard at the ballast box area and below it but the loader cross tube interferes when depressed down the the bottom .
I went with a receiver hitch mount on the rear which allows me to use it on other vehicles/trailers with a long set of jumper cables.
I have a Warn 5K and it drags the tractor sideways or up steep slopes with no bending on the receiver tube to date.



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And then I ran across this just now.
http://coupersproducts.com/kubota-l3200-l3800-front-winch-mount/


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[GaltsGulch]

Lenny, that is the one I have been looking at. But in some of the photos I have seen of it it doesn't seem very heavy duty.

My brush guard doesn't fold down and I was concerned about a receiver on the front interfering with the FEL. It would be nice to be able to move it from front to back as needed. Maybe I can make some kind of quick attach for the front that stays within the brush guard.

 

[GaltsGulch]

Here is my tractor. The space between the FEL and the guard isn't much with the bucket down and curled up.

 

[William1]

In this thread, I have pics of receivers front and back on a BX25D
http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22692&page=2

 

[coachgeo]

Plenty of add on winch discussions in the Fabrication forum. Might be helpful to search thru there for ideas.