i used this setup on a early bronco for yrs. w/ a quick connect setup mounted at the front for power & a long hd ext cable for rear use. when ever i went wheelin i just took it out the garage & put it on the front ready to use, in 5 yrs of wheelin the truck i never once needed to use the winch on the rear. it did get use from the front a fair amount i always carried a ****** block too. sometimes not going wheelin for months at a time i was glad not to drag a winch around & it wasnt in the way everytime i had to open the hood.

 

I just used a good quality cable.. I might wrap it in some convoluted tubing when I finish it just in case but have not had any issue at all with it ran along the outside (my air line for ARB is ran the same). I used Tweco brand MPC connectors. They work wonderfully. Push em together, twist and you have a nice water tight seal. Have some caps for when they are not in use. Literally takes 30 seconds to hook it up. I really really like the jumper cable idea. Going to have to do that.

 

whats the average winch size used with a ****** block set-up sorry newbie here

 

The first thing I did was dumping the steel winch cable.
Gives you some weight relieve.
I do use a milemarker hydraulic winch. The quick disconnects are a joy to work with.
The winch is absolutely unnecesssary during use as a DD.
So putting it in the shelf does protect it very nicely from sunlight (synthetic winch rope does not like UV). Nice side effect is it is protected from theft.
I fabbed a (lockable)receiver inside the rear to prevent the heavy winch flying around during an accident. Just bolted down to the body nice and tight.

 

Pics of it bolted down? I need to do that but have t gotten round to it

 

I have a Warn XD9000i on a a receiver plate, and I wouldn't go any other way now that I've had this. I also run quick connectors. I like the idea that it's out of the elements, out of sight, I don't have 80lbs hanging off the front of my Jeep, and my bumper is tight so my approach angle is much better than having an extra foot of bumper protruding. Plus I can winch in the back also, I hunt a lot, and most of the time I am not with other rigs around, so self recovery is a huge deal for me. It also gives me the option of using the winch on my car trailer also, which I do a lot. I've not had any trouble winching at angles, and believe me I've used it a lot.

 

My wife and I wheel a lot by ourselves quite some distance from the nearest roads. So a winch is important to me that I have to be able to get out of a jam and has several times. I researched the hitch mounted winch's and decided it was not right for me so I bought a winch bumper with a good approach angle.

For the winch I bought a Superwinch Talon 9.5i (syn. rope) waterproof one (plus its the only winch that comes with a 2 yr. warranty) as I ford streams a lot of the times and at several river crossings. I knew it would be wet and wanted to try to protect it some at least.

The quick connects that they are talking about are called Anderson Power Poles, I use them also for my jumper cables 25 footers. My first mistake when I bought the winch was the syn. rope. The area I live in has a lot of rock from large to small some sharp, the second time I used it I cut the cable into about 40' from the winch where I thought it was just in the dirt/mud NOT small sharp rocks. I was able to get out using straps tied to the rope not good but all I could do at the time. This was just my experience only, others my think its the greatest thing since sliced bread and it my be for them.

The next week I bought wire rope for it no more problems, some I wheel with at times have problems it theirs get against a tree with bark on it the rope frays.

One other thing you need really are 2 solidly mounted D-Ring mounts on each end to hook your strap back into front and rear

 

I have the same setup, and I think it's great also.