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im looking to put a winch on my 5.4 f350 and was wondering what size winch i should get. also im hoping to put a plow on it at some point and didnt know if the winch would be in the way. thanks
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Size of winch depends on what you plan to do with it and why. I have a 2,000 lb winch that I use for different things but it's about done winching a log out for firewood. It will probably interfere with a plow, but it depends on the plow. Lots of budget plows use a small winch to lift the plow blade.
Edit: - totally off topic but this winter I was stranded in a motel when we got 25" of snow one night. I watched a guy with a F350 6.7 PSD plow the parking lot, full of cars and drifts at least 4' deep, he had a plow with full hydraulic up/down, left/right and the ends of the blade could each angle in, and I had serious truck envy... that thing flat out worked!
Brian
Edit: - totally off topic but this winter I was stranded in a motel when we got 25" of snow one night. I watched a guy with a F350 6.7 PSD plow the parking lot, full of cars and drifts at least 4' deep, he had a plow with full hydraulic up/down, left/right and the ends of the blade could each angle in, and I had serious truck envy... that thing flat out worked!
Brian
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If you're buying a winch to be capable of getting yourself unstuck, the absolute minimum you want is 1.5x the weight of your vehicle, and preferably 2x. On a Super Duty, this means you'll want something in the 12,000-15,000 lb range.
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OOOOORrr You can get a lesser capable winch which is lighter and takes up less room and just get weight multipliers/****** block/pulley.
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