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  1. Oxyacetylene

    Mounting a snow plow on a LMTV 1078 First Post

    It's in the transmission controller. As soon as you flip the PTO switch, the transmission shifts to N if it isn't already there. I doubt it has to be in neutral for it to function mechanically. I think maybe they do this so you can't run out the winch cable and then overload the cable or...
  2. Oxyacetylene

    Mounting a snow plow on a LMTV 1078 First Post

    The standard hydraulics for the cab, spare tire, etc are air over hydraulic and wouldn't be enough. The winch trucks have a transmission mounted PTO hydraulic pump to run the winch. One downside of that system is that the transmission is locked in neutral whenever you engage the PTO. If you...
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