Built a front receiver and got a winch!!!
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Built a front receiver and got a winch!!!
So the other day i was at Sams Club, and on the clearance rack they had a champion 10,000lb winch for $299.00. I hade some birthday money on hand and i couldnt pass it up. It's mounted on a 2" hitch mount plate and came with 85 feet of winch cable, the controler, and front and rear wireing conectors. Hears some pics!!!
hitch off our old minivan
cut off receiver and welded it to a 2x6 stainless steel 1/4wall piece of scrap my buddie had in his shop.
painted
I tested it out the night i put it on, held up great winched me out of a deep hole that i was framed in. What do guys think?
hitch off our old minivan
cut off receiver and welded it to a 2x6 stainless steel 1/4wall piece of scrap my buddie had in his shop.
painted
I tested it out the night i put it on, held up great winched me out of a deep hole that i was framed in. What do guys think?
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Yea. I could pull a house down with the current way my hooks are. (well i have pulled a good tree down lol). But the stock crossmember I cut out, that had stock hooks were tweaked bad. Everytime (3x) i used the front hooks, i had to get the HUGE prybar out and tweak the hook back down. Also with adding that front crossmember to mine, I immediately noticed a stiffer front end while driving.
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I got the stainless for free cauz it was scrap. I uesed stainless welding wire in a mig welder.