Will a Toyota winch work???????

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:30 pm

Just out of interest, is it possibe to easily adapt a Toyota Pto winch to fit a Safari?

Much more toyota winches available out there............

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:36 pm

Dont bother they run a 4mm shear pin and you will break it all the time. Stick with the nissan. :wink:

safari_mulisha · Post by **safari_mulisha** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:15 pm

allready thought about it....
pretty much same answer as doddzee

GQTROL · Post by **GQTROL** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:44 am

DaveM wrote:Just out of interest, is it possibe to easily adapt a Toyota Pto winch to fit a Safari?

Much more toyota winches available out there............

Strictly speaking, yes you can. You just wont be able to use the winch mounting points on a factory Nissan winch bar though. I've also seen a Nissan PTO winch on a Toyota FRP top Landcruiser, so they swap back the other way easy enough too.

Toyota PTO's do seem to be alot easier to come by on TradeMe etc compared to the Nissan ones.

4WDbits · Post by **4WDbits** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:59 pm

I was under the impression (maybe false) that the Toyota PTO was less likely to break a drum or through the worm drive into the mud. Someone please correct me???

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:06 pm

Think the majority of Toyota PTO's are cast iron/steel housings as opposed to Nissans cast alloy housings.

That would mean the Toyota housings are potentially stronger and less likely to spit them into the mud.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:17 pm

i have heard a rumor that the alloy safari winches sometimes let the worm drive screw themselves out of the housing
i also heard that some of the winch challenge guys running safaris with a PTO winch use toyota winches to get around that issue

but donÂ´t quote me on that :lol:

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:19 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 511677.htm

dazza85 · Post by **dazza85** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:40 pm

Whats this one ??

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=95083323&v=List

GQTROL · Post by **GQTROL** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:52 am

So far there is one Nissan comp truck (Kev and Troy) running a Toyota PTO...simply because they could get a cheaper supply of them than the Nissan ones.

If you load it up enough (i.e don't run a shear pin), the gear housing on Toyota PTO will still let go as the worm drive goes out the bottom of it.

Will a Toyota winch work???????

Will a Toyota winch work???????

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