I finally got off my butt and fabricated a mounting bracket for the winch I'm going to put up front behind the bumper.



Here is the mounting plate.



Here is the winch,



all carbon steel,



except the padeyes are 321 stainless;



welded a small skid plate on the front...



...and this is pretty much what it will look like. I need to build up some of the welds and then powdercoat it black.

 

That looks great so far cant wait to see the finished product of it on the truck.

 

Yeah that looks really cool, be really neat when its done

 

I thought the bracket needed something more so I welded some gussets on the backside. This is the backside of the bracket sitting upside down on the table.

 

Looks great man, I need to build one for my truck

 

cant wait to see it done man

 

looks good man, should hold up well

 

Looks like a lot time went into that, and you won't see any of it? It all tucks behind the bumper? Thats fantastic. Bent square stock and all

 

I got the bracket back from powdercoating and I'm really impressed with how it came out. Mounting it was tricky by myself, not to mention that winch is heavy. So it's only semi hidden, which I don't mind, but it tucked behind the bumper easily enough. I need to get bigger shackles though.

 

looks really good man

 

looks good, nice work

 

That looks great all finished nice job

 

thats bad ***

 

I must say I definitely love the idea and mounting. My only concern would be the fairlead mount. Are you sure that tube/plate mount is going to be strong enough, or did you beef it up. Granted most of the time winching is done in a straight line, but what about off angle. I would hate to see that fairlead, bend up and into your grille.

 

Same thing I was thinking. Great job on the mount, very nice work. But that fairlead needs to be either relocated or reinforced. I have seen winches pull from such an angle to the side that the side roller on the fairlead has come apart...that bull bar will bend long before the fairlead gives way.

Other than that, good job.