I'm supprised someone has not grumbled about the ground anker on the front of my Scammell!! The winch should only be used for self recovery out of the front. The owner before the man I bought it off fitted this and used it to recover buldozers that bogged down on the local land fill site. Having had a close look at the winch this scammell has done some serious winching and had a major smushing of the pressure rollers.:shake: The whole winch looks as if it has distorted in the chassis as it rubbs on the springs that work the over load cut out and pressure rollers. It still works ok. the rope has been snapped and shortened. and there are huge ware grooves in the front fairleads. Also the groung anker (why can't i spell anker i work in a bloody boat yard!!) has been broken in two at some point!! All this abuse and there is no sign of the chassis twisting.
There also appears to be fixings on the rear of the chassis for an even larger ground anker...Ankor.... ancker... DOH!! I was thinking of removing it iut have grown to like it in a mad max sort of way, and whoever welded it on made a corking job of it. plus it makes removing the engine easy as you can just jack up under the bottom of it. There are two extra cross members welded in the front. I asked if it hamperd off road performance but he said it just plouged on through clearing a path for the front diff..Ok unless it hits a rock. Plus you'll remember my Scammell when you see it!!!