I just bought a winch and I wanted to know what is the best way to leave my winch when not using it?

I have seen people leave the end hooked on to the D-Ring and others have it centered and secures to the middle. Is there any reason in particular that I would want to leave it hooked to a D-Ring? What r the benefits if any?

 

What ever looks cool on your jeep.

 

It's all preference and looks. I Leave mine hooked to the d ring

 

I seeing on ur profile that u have 4.88's. How do like them? I want to regear but can't decide on 4.88's or 5.13.

 

I keep mine on the D ring keeps jerks from messing with the D ring

 

I like em. If I had a choice at the time(dad surprised me with them) I would have gotten 5.13s so I would be more prepared for larger tires. But the 4.88s made my JK not underpowered

 

I have mine hooked up to my D ring and the winch on free spool.

 

why on free spool?

You want to keep the winch cable under some tension. It makes it a lot easier to re spool later on.

 

On the D ring . It makes less noise going down the road.

 

I keep it on my D ring.