Winch ?
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Winch ?
Hey everyone. Just a little curious if anyone knows of a company who makes winch-ready bumpers for older f150's? Specifically 93 
Someone actually told me I can cut out a space in my factory bumper an mount the winch between the frame and bumper. I've seen the front hitches and I guess that could work, I'm just lookin for a cheap solution. I'm trying to get a winch before it starts snowin hard, and I'm kind of on a budget. Thanks for any help!
Someone actually told me I can cut out a space in my factory bumper an mount the winch between the frame and bumper. I've seen the front hitches and I guess that could work, I'm just lookin for a cheap solution. I'm trying to get a winch before it starts snowin hard, and I'm kind of on a budget. Thanks for any help!
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If you remove your bumper and make a plate to go between the frame it could be an ideal location to install a winch. You still might need to space the bumper forward depending on your winch size and configuration. The other downfall to this set up is the lack of rollers. If you winch in any dirrection other than straight ahead, you will tear apart the bumper.
If money savings is your goal, think used. Get a used winch bumper and winch and you'll be all set.
If money savings is your goal, think used. Get a used winch bumper and winch and you'll be all set.
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From: Under the flightpath of old ORD 22R
JMC mounted his Warn XD90001 semi hidden under the factory bumper.
This required a cut out of the air dam, for the rollers to stick out. Take a look, and see if this is the mounting method you want to use. Low budget, mounting ot the frame, and no need to buy a new bumper. That is if, the same install method can be used on your MY truck.
https://www.f150online.com/galleries...w.cfm?num=5243
This required a cut out of the air dam, for the rollers to stick out. Take a look, and see if this is the mounting method you want to use. Low budget, mounting ot the frame, and no need to buy a new bumper. That is if, the same install method can be used on your MY truck.
https://www.f150online.com/galleries...w.cfm?num=5243
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That looks like kinda what I was talking about. His looks real clean, but I dunno how well that would work since I have a beast of a chome bumper haha. So tell me if I'm looking at this wrong, but he mounted his winch basically on top of where the skidplate would be corrcect? Another idea Ive been tossing around would be a rolled steel tube bumper. Leaving enough of a gap between the bumper and grill to let the cable hang through. Mount the winch were my skiplate *was*. Last owner hooked some form of hooked pulling machine ( tow truck, winch, ???) and managed to bend the skidplate into a V, hook came unhooked an pulled the front end (steering and bumper) too hades and back so I have no skidplate. 
anyways thanks for your input everyone!
anyways thanks for your input everyone!