Easy winch install. Fitting a Ridge Ryder winch to the patrol. Backyard Mechanic. 

Literally the only part I wanted to see you didn’t show haha the mounting to the chassis and where the bolts go and what bolts you need / length ect

We like the way u make things understandable for battlers like us. Good down to earth ways mate.

I love the way you explain the process so clearly and in a logical sequence. Great vid mate. Has given me the confidence to have a go at my own install. 👍

Nicely done brother. Clean factory look, especially like the pinch seal. Well done! Catch up soon. 👍

First Proper Video of a Winch Installation ive Watch, Great work mate, love your Vids on these installs, keep them up. 👍👍👍👍

Great video mate, I'm looking at getting a winch and now will add the Ridge rider to what i'm looking at.

Thanks for the info mate. It's awesome. I just bought a patrol with an alloy bar and had no idea i could mount a winch to it. You just saved me some coin on buying a winch bar. And i will buy the same winch too. Cheers bud.

Another Intents production. Keep it up Alex and Co 🙂

I don’t have a Patrol, but I’m looking to install a winch soon and this video was top notch! Thanks very much for your time and effort! From a longtime subscriber.

Good video mate, I'm currently in the market for a winch and this video sure will help when I get one / get around to installing it.

Awesome video mate. Very informative - well done!

Thanks Bro. Just discovered your channel. I bought a 9500lb wire rope model about 6 months ago when they were on special for under $400. Still haven't installed it. I need to source a bullbar now. Pinch Weld Clark Rubber. Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to watching your previous videos. Moose Boddington.

Awesome video champion. I have been searching for something like this. Thanks again. Mike

Thanks for the great vid mate. I'm about to fit a winch to my car that has a winch bar. My old car didn't have the winch bar so after ringing around I found that tjm could supply a winch cradle, unfortunately it didn't fit, so after ringing around again Peel 4wd Centre in Mandurah made me up a winch cradle for under $300. It was alot cheaper than buying a winch bar.

Awesome video, can't wait to get started with my install!!

I must admit I have always thought the alloy bars with a winch looked crap. But you've done a great job and the edge banding really makes it look professional. good job.

Great vid mate I still stand by these mines been in there for almost 2 years now never serviced and still going strong 👍

Awesome video mate. Just what I needed before I attempt this myself

U have done an awesome job of explaining it and in a commonsense way as well.. I have subscribed because I am going to fit a winch to a trailer ramp because its too heavy for me to lift by it self now I'm getting on in years lol.Pinch weld would be great for when I mod a side panel on a computer case and fit it around to cover jagged edges. Usually make an acrylic window for it but some nice mesh would also do the job allowing better airflow.

Clean looking install and a great tip on preloading your spool. I’m going to steal your line for my use...”man tantrum”...that’s hilarious!

Great video. I have the same bar on my Patrol, so I'm going to do this myself.

Loved your video mate. Hopefully i will get enough courage to dive into it. Been thinking about it for a long time now.

Old mate in the background there having a good stare....Or thinking to himself "might steal that later" :) Awesome vid very detailed without burning the brain haha

Great video mate easy as to follow

Excellent video, and I’d also like to comment on the nice condition of those bricks. Well done!

Nicely done and explained.

Nice video👍 keep up the videos.

Good full instruction and you made it sound easy but I will do my best on my FJZ80.

Some good tips & info there mate👌

Good video mate, just installed a Runva 13XP on the cruiser. Didn't realise I need to tension up the rope- cheers!

Hey mate, literally just crawled out from under my patrol. Fitted another Kings dominator x winch to my new fourby. ( Basically the same winch ) I will be pulling out the cable and spooling it under tension like you did. I have heard of 2 of these cheaper winches spitting out the rope from not being secured to the spool properly, might be worth checking for those of us playing at home. It happened to a mate on the beach, literally spun the rope around the spool when he went to winch in, hahahaha. Poor fella. Cheers! Keep pumping the videos out mate. It's been a while between drinks.

Gracias, buen vídeo. Excelente trabajo, muy profesional.

exactly how i am thinking of doing:-) nice Video

nice project, thanks for sharing :)

good work Alex, I thought about a winch, but then hey I can carry 2 extra slabs of beer and not go over GVM, if I need to get winched I can give the guy a slab and I'm still a slab ahead...

Watch Ronny’s video with snapping synthetic rope.......that stuff holds energy for sure!

I have been thinking about a bullbar and winch. After some considered thought I decided not to do the bullbar for a few reasons. I still solo travel to some remote places and the security of a winch may give me confidence to take the less worn track. This vid has given me an idea that I can fit a winch without a bullbar. Thanks.

I would recommend a hook bumper to shield your hawse lead from getting all chaffed up by the hook clevis. This chaffing can lead to damage to the synthetic rope as it is pulled over the chaffing. Even an old 80's roller skate wheel threaded over the rope and used to cradle your hook will suffice.

Good Vid !

They are cheap an good value Iv used them for years unlike the old warn that would snap or twist the centre drive shaft..

Good video thanks 👍

Alex, a hex head bolt is your standard bolt the one you use an Allen key for is a cap head bolt. Another thing worth mentioning with high tensile bolts is that there strength is on a straight pull setting up a winch puts the bolt in a shearing position where the bolt strength is comprised. All bolts should be tight on a vehicle because of vibration but it is critical here that the bolts clamp the mounting plate to the chassis and the winch to the mounting plate as any slippage will create a guillotine point on the weakest part of the bolt. Maybe find the correct torque setting and use a tension wrench. You are dead right about throwing away bolts with no markings cheap and nasty some grade 8.8 bolts will just have 3 lines on the head almost like a Mercedes emblem but not joining in the middle.

Apart from the motor side and a few small cosmetics, this is exactly the same as the dominator winch. Rope, Remote, Fairlead, Control box, Gearbox. All the same, all the same except The price of them lol

Hmmmm options. Your sense of humour rules son. Haha.

Two of my mounting bolts broke and the winch lifted up on one end then twisted and that was the end, got a xtm winch now.

It's a look a like AUSSIE STIFFLER! Australian Winchin' Pie lololol

Also Loaded it up with more grease while its parts. Chinese version never enough grease

NIce install

Can you do a backyard mechanic episode on fixing surface rust on the undercarriage and chassis

Should raptor coat the bar black 👌🏼

Looks mint! Might do this to my fourbie this winter but would it be legal tho?..

Nice video mate, you helped me a lot. But your Ridge Ryder winch gearbox is not sealed and therefore it is not waterproof. I would be sealing it up quick smart & also checking to see if the motor is sealed.

Rather have free spool handle one more position down so you don't need to twist your arm/hand down an up. Meaning don't have to get down on the ground or mud to change handle. Good video though! Think safe!

NEVER pull with/on a car in park. Even with the hand brake on you can snap the parking pawl. When you do it's a big job to fix it. When you are using a car as an anchor, always put the car in neutral and fully apply the brakes. This will give you max traction and protect the transmission.

Really useful and informative video - everyone talks about winches, but I've never seen the full install with details like this. Big thanks! I have a couple of questions:- 1/ Was that a reaming bit you were using to drill/finish the holes on the winch bar or just a funny effect of video playback? 2/ I can see the situation where a pull has only required a couple of meters of the rope but you have had to wind out a big proportion of the rope to do it. Does the procedure to rewind the winch rope also apply after every pull?

Steel cable isn't that bad. I ran steel cable for a bit. But went to synthetic rope because of the safety aspect of it. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of no mans land, with no signal, then a steel winch cable cut my truck or myself in half and still be stuck in the middle of no mans land. Also, with synthetic rope it's pretty convenient to tie another eyelid on the end when it does break unlike steel winch cable.

Nice work ,what have you done to your headlights they look different...i like it...

How often should you replace the grease in your winch? Good videos mate 👍🏻👍🏻

Did you drill holes into the chassis for the cradle or were they there? Awesome job might do this on my hilux in that alloy nugget bar

I wish it had more ratio though. Something closer 300:1. I wish someone would make a worm drive winch. Superwinch is too expensive guess might have to install the good ol thomas electric winch

Excellent video. Just one question - was it just a couple of bolts through the chassis each side to mount the winch plate?

Noticed your running the Falken wildpeak mt's on that bad boy, how do you rate them mate?, Ive just dropped coing on 5 in the at3w for my fj cruiser in 285 70 17, almost went with the muds, great install vid as well Alex, cheers mate

So what happens if your vehicle doesn't have a support bar thingo for the cradle to be bolted into? What do you then do?

Hey mate did you just bolt that to the chasis rails what size bolts cheers

Nice video thanks. Just wondering when you mounted the winch plate did you just put bolts into the threaded wholes or did you open the front of the chassis and get some nuts in there?

Need hooks up front now yeah. Cannot use a snatch block?

what kind of bar is that? i'd love to get something similar for my Y62 Armada

Who do I contact to get a compadable winch plate I'm struggling to find one for a 98 Prado that's a direct fit

From cradle to chassis how bolts u put 1 or 2

Hey mate how did you mount the winch cradle to the car??

I know this was over a year ago, is the winch still alive, and do you rate it. I'm looking at buying a winch very soon. I was looking at the supercentre one, but I do buy a lot of stuff from supercheap and I think they would be better to deal with for any issues. p.s Love the videos

Question, what nissan patrol specific winch cradle would you have bought instead of the universal one? Looking to do this job but would prefer getting one that already fits to the GU patrol rather then grinding it to size.

are there any fuses or just wired straight to the battery?

How does that go with insurance? Is it still covered because it's not tested?

Where did you get the winch cradle from Alex?

How did u work out we’re to drill hole we’re bolts to the chassis

Great vid. How long this take you?

What cradle is it? And where can I get one in Perth

"Man Tantrum" , Bahahahaha GOLD Do you use a fuse on your winch Ve+ supply?

Mostly good info but that last bit, pulling the hook right up to the fairlead is very dodgy. While ti may or may not damage the winch it WILL damage the alloy fairlead, supplied with these winches, which in turn WILL chafe the rope. Even with the clevis hard against the fairlead vibration will inevitably cause damage. What you get away with useing a steel cable and fairlead is no indication of safe practice in this case.

Should have pulled the prado then you wouldn't have to continually move with the patrol.

ahh, the winch that never made it onto 2.8 hahhaha

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First, now, where is the egg and bacon?

No disrespect... the pins on the hook/rope eyelet, used in anger, when in a hurry and those types of things, when slamming back into the fairlead... over time... can mark and scratch said fairlead.... one small bit of sharp steal because of this will cut the rope. Its happened before. I cringe when i see them like this. Thats my only whine. Top vid, some friends of mine could learn from this. Gleno.

No good at all the fairlead should be the last thing that rope touches when you use that winch on any angle it will take the pinch weld off and the rope will instantly be cut by the bullbar

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See, this is why you shouldn’t have left RU-vid. I need simple advice without all the BS. Sad to see you’ve gone (for now).