More PTO Winch Questions

[Deadguy]

If, and I'm not in a financial position right now to do it, but if I eventually want to install a PTO winch on My stock M38A1, what are the cons? I've heard it's big and heavy, slows the speed and performance of the vehicle down, and is essentially overkill.

[wesk]

The jeep can handle the weight of the winch.

The real question is what do you want a winch for.

1-You have an M38A1 that was one of the original 2% that left Willys with a winch and you want to have an accurate resto?

2-You intend to do serious off roading?

3-You intend to enter tractor pulls?

4-You are one of those guys who firmly believes that he who dies with the most high dollar toys wins?

5-You stumbled over it and couldn't think of anything else to do with it but mount it on your jeep!
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[Deadguy]

No to 2, 3, and 4. 1, maybe, I don't know. It's my only vehicle, I don't have a wife or kid that I have to spend money on, and I thought it might be a nice addition. Again, I can't do it now, but considering I've ended up going all out with replacing everything, I might want a PTO on there.

[Bill_F]

Putting a pto winch on your jeep will not effect the performance at all. They really are not all that heavy.

and unlike Wes' post I dont have one for any of those reasons. I have it because I stumbled on it for a really good price and said why not. But I do use my jeep off road but have never needed a winch. Not to mention that a winch on the front of the m38 really looks nice ramsey 50 or otherwise. The only bad thing is you loose the natural seat the the front bumper gives you.