My dad gave me a Ramsey winch so I picked up one of these:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=66409

Not Bad considering the price, cheapest one I found.

 

Sweet man! What's the winch rated for? 9K as well?

 

Unfortunately it's only a 8000k, I realize this isn't really big enough but for free I'll take it

I also have a smittybuilt 8000k on my Jeep TJ.

 

Hey man, if it works that's great.... You'll have to update us on how well it works. I am curious to see myself. Im trying to save up for a winch, and if I can get away with a smaller one, I may go for that.

 

To make that 8000k worth it on your truck, all you'll need is a ****** block (doubles the winch capacity) and a longer winchline (look into synthetic rope).

 

Already have two ****** blocks I carry in my jeep. Just ordered a front receiver hitch yesterday.

 

You are lucky man that you got it at cheap price.

 

Hitch installed today, still got to mount the winch. I was able to get hold of quick connect battery cables long enough to reach the back hitch too.





Receiver skid plate





Winch cradle





Roller fairlead attached





Quick connect cables







Winch mounted

 

Bout there looking good

 

Looks good. I wish I could find a front reciever hitch that would fit flush like that one - it's hard to find one that will look right with my body lift. I thought about maybe mounting ine such that the reciever comes out of the front lower air induction hole on the bumper.... Any thoughts?

 

Nope, doesn't seem to be much available or affordable. Maybe find somebody to fab a custom one.

 

Im thinkin I'll go with this setup: TruckWinchMount. Guy said he custom does it, and he could fab it to work with a 3" BL.

 

That looks pretty slick