I feel like this should be a common question, or maybe my search skills are not what they were.
I like the idea of getting a winch, but I dont like the idea of carting all that weight on the front of my car when 95% of the time I'm not even close to a situation when I might need a winch.
Some internet searching has pulled up people basically using a tow ball square hitch mount, to mount their winch on the front for the times they need it, and take it off other times.
What is the general consensus about this? Difficult to get right, but worth doing? Just not worth it at all because of the dickin around when stuck?
Or should I just 4wd more often and make that 90% a 50%?
One thing that really attracts me to the concept is I could have mounts for front and back, so depending on if I need dragging out forward or backward I can make it work (already have an Anderson plug on the rear tow bar wired to the aux battery).
I like the idea of getting a winch, but I dont like the idea of carting all that weight on the front of my car when 95% of the time I'm not even close to a situation when I might need a winch.
Some internet searching has pulled up people basically using a tow ball square hitch mount, to mount their winch on the front for the times they need it, and take it off other times.
What is the general consensus about this? Difficult to get right, but worth doing? Just not worth it at all because of the dickin around when stuck?
Or should I just 4wd more often and make that 90% a 50%?
One thing that really attracts me to the concept is I could have mounts for front and back, so depending on if I need dragging out forward or backward I can make it work (already have an Anderson plug on the rear tow bar wired to the aux battery).