PTO-driven winches were sometimes fitted. But for many reasons, including that they’d work even if the engine was off, electric winches became popular, and the PTO winch is more of a nostalgic ...

According to the serial number on the old Ramsey 8,000-pound PTO winch, it's one number off the winch that sits on President Reagan's Jeep CJ at Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara, California.

There were also a couple of Willys Jeeps set up to cut wood. This one had a crankshaft-driven winch in the front and a PTO-driven circular saw out back: ...