Has anyone had their winch stolen?

 

No one? Guess that's a good thing.

 

Not yet but I am hoping someone takes it soon so I can get me a PowerPlant!

 

Never a better excuse to upgrade. My uncle just gave me a Warn 9.5ti that was practically brand new. So I was curious what people did to keep them from walking away.

 

Winches are bolted into place and usually heavy. A thief is generally after a quick easy target. Way to much work to steal a winch for most thieves. I'm sure some where in the world one has gotten stolen but not a major concern.

 

Yea, with the time involved, that would be pretty ballzy. Now, as I've read and thought about this thread though, it wouldn't be a stretch for some jerkwad to unspool and steal a synthetic line.

 

Mine will be a PITA to remove quickly. They will have to unbolt my skid plate on my LoD middy to just get access to the 4 bolts securing my winch to the bumper.

 

you can ship it to me and pretend it got stolen

 

you can also tac weld your bolts.....like to to see them try to unbolt that.

 

If the winch is just sitting on top of a winch plate (instead of being bolted and hidden inside a dedicated winch bumper) it will still have 4 retaining bolts underneath to remove, and need the wiring cut or detached. Probably possible to steal with 5-10 mins of wrenching underneath, so if you're concerned then padlock a thick chain, wire cable or motorbike security chain around the winch and winch plate.