Winches
A number of
different winches were fitted to land rovers including mechanical, hydraulic
and electric varieties. I plan to feature the different types vintage winches
that would have been fitted to rovers during the 50s, 60s, and 70s
This is the
Hickey Sidewinder and was offered by Hickey Industries in the United States for
a number of Four wheel drive vehicles in the 60s and 70s including land rovers.
Here you can see the unique design and original mount hickey offered for series
rovers. This is an unusual winch.
This is an
aero parts capstan winch. It runs of the engine crankshaft.
This is a
fairey capstan winch. It is very similar to the aero parts model.
This is the
back of the Koenig Crank driven winch with cab controls. Made in Texas, it was
optional equipment on US spec rovers. However, I have seen it originally fitted
to trucks as old as 1955.
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Here's the front of the Koenig crank driven
winch with cab controls. Note how the controls pass through the radiator panel.
Heres the
Koenig Crank driven winch without the cab controls. Note the lack of the
elongated control levers.
This is a pic
of a PTO driven Joenig winch. Here you can see the entire layout.
Here is a
Ramsey PTO winch fitted to a series 2a. Less comon than the koenig pto, but
still relatively comon.
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Heres the
entire Ramsey PTO winch setup. The components are all different from the
Koenig, but not drasticly so. Note the flange on the back of the PTO unit, this
means you can run equipment off the rear of this PTO as well as the front. Much
cooler than the koenig unit which only has a forward facing shaft.
This is the
Land Rover Mk2 Hydraulic winch. Its very hard to come by in the US. However, it
was fitted to a number of SIIA and SIIB forward controls.
Here is a shot
of a Bamford Smith PTO winch rated at 10K pounds. It was fitted to a number of
Austrialian military vehicles. Im not sure if it was available on the civilian
market or not. It looks like a serious piece of equipment.
Here is a warn
8074 which was a dealer option in the United States. This is refered to as the
belview model because it was developed by the belview winch company which was
later purchased by warn. The winch that made Warn famous wasnt even developed
by them!
This is a
tension Nokken winch or Nokke/Nokken vinsj in Norwegian as fitted to a 101 FC.
These were standard issue for a number military forward controls. They can pull
cable in both directions. Neat winches. They were made by Hordaland Mekaniske
Verksted in Norway. I have the manual in PDF format HERE
This is the
Mayflower Automotive Products PTO winch. Later rebadged by fairey this winch is
a workhorse.
This is a
later Rover Hydraulic winch. Im unsure if it was actually made by rover or
another firm. These were available as optional equipment through rover dealers
during series three production. I love the fairlead. I refer to them as rover
mk 3 hyraulic winches though Im not sure thats correct nomenclature.
This is the
turner crank driven drum winch. This is one of very few crank-driven drum
winches made for the series land rover. Cool winch but somewhat fragile.
