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Electric Winch

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Have a 67 W100 (318) that previous owner did a number of period modifications to ...

He added an additional set of leafs to front and rear springs, Carter Carb, Edelbrock Intake, and headers. He also put an extra battery on the passenger side of the radiator and hooked it up via an isolator.

I bought a 12,000 lb electric winch at Harbor Freight. Built a custom bumper for it. Then hooked it to the extra battery.

Works great. Easier to use than Braden PTO winch I have on my W200.

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Interesting to see a 68 hood on a 67.

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RonHall76 wrote:
Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:01 am
He also put an extra battery on the passenger side of the radiator and hooked it up via an isolator.
What isolator is that?

Strange place for a horn. I'd be concerned about rats and mice dropping acorns in it. I noted also there's no way to seal off the t-case levers inside. You must have a badass cat on that place. There's an easy way to do it with two slotted pieces of sheet metal and a stack of magnets.
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That is the extra horn for the passenger. It runs to a push button on the dash that the passenger can push. There is also one on the column for the driver hooked to another horn.

That slot setup would never work for this truck. The levers travel almost 8 inches. Have been looking at modifying a shift boot from an old Peterbuilt or Jeep.

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It is actually a 66 hood.

The isolator is an add on. Preserves the starting voltage on the main battery. Allows you key off power for the winch or radio or anything else you want to hook to it.

The truck is always kept in the barn, and we do have a great cat ... his name is Jack. FYI - We have squirrels up here, but no hardwoods.

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RonHall76 wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:19 am
That slot setup would never work for this truck. The levers travel almost 8 inches. Have been looking at modifying a shift boot from an old Peterbuilt or Jeep.
Works just fine here doing forestry because the "slot" is not a slot. It's two pieces, each having a notch, one atop the other. In use when I shift to 4WD, it I simply lift the two pieces off, set them on the hump, and the magnets hold them there until I'm done for the day. Rats would eat right through a boot like that.
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Wildergarten wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:44 pm
RonHall76 wrote:
Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:19 am
That slot setup would never work for this truck. The levers travel almost 8 inches. Have been looking at modifying a shift boot from an old Peterbuilt or Jeep.
Works just fine here doing forestry because the "slot" is not a slot. It's two pieces, each having a notch, one atop the other. In use when I shift to 4WD, it I simply lift the two pieces off, set them on the hump, and the magnets hold them there until I'm done for the day. Rats would eat right through a boot like that.
Now it makes sense. Didn’t realize it had to be removed for use.
I like the idea!
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I wonder?
If I was to make a double boot similar to that picture out of Kevlar would they chew through it?
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Ron, the hood is a 68. 68 is a one year only hood.
All hoods 61-67 are the same.
69-71 are also all the same.

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whats different on the 68 hood
the ribs going down the middle ...need to look at my 67/65
i was going to leave my 67 rat like but the more i fix the less of a rat it is...so shop truck it is

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Look at the bottom edge of the front lip of Ron's green truck in this thread:
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That is a 61-67 hood.
68 is straight across.
The correct hood for a 65-67 pie plate grill won't bump against the pie plates.

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A little winch story.
I used to own a 71 Fargo W200 with PTO Winch. My 4x4 Club had gone into a site after we did a bypass road. End of the day the 10 trucks in group left.
At the new bypass I winched my truck to first turn, Repositioned and winched next truck up. I then winched to next position up hill.. Reposistiened and ran my cable through a snatch block to be off to side of road. # 2 truck had an electric winch, He winched the other 8 trucks up to his truck and I winched the 8 trucks to my spot where they could drive out. # 2 trucks electric winch cooked on last truck and I had to bring them up to top.
Moral of the story. PTO Winches are made to work.
Electric are for very intermittent use and still give problems. Nothing better than a PTO winch on a truck. :thinking :salut
My truck is younger than me.
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A little winch story.
I used to own a 71 Fargo W200 with PTO Winch. My 4x4 Club had gone into a site after we did a bypass road. End of the day the 10 trucks in group left.
At the new bypass I winched my truck to first turn, Repositioned and winched next truck up. I then winched to next position up hill.. Reposistiened and ran my cable through a snatch block to be off to side of road. # 2 truck had an electric winch, He winched the other 8 trucks up to his truck and I winched the 8 trucks to my spot where they could drive out. # 2 trucks electric winch cooked on last truck and I had to bring them up to top.
Moral of the story. PTO Winches are made to work.
Electric are for very intermittent use and still give problems. Nothing better than a PTO winch on a truck. :thinking :salut
My truck is younger than me.
66 W100. 70 D 500 , 69 Hiab Speed Loader. 96 Ram 3500 Club Cab Cummin's 5 spd. 97 Ram 1500 Club Cab 5.9 gas auto. 83 W200 LB Propane 360 auto 09 Yammy Rhino 700.

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