Sherpa winch on M35A2

[gingwhaa]

Just put one on. Hot wrench and welding required. Tried to make it clean w no frills.

 

[clob mcstrunk]

Looks great, this is the same one I've been eyeing.

Any other pics of the mounting/install?

 

[Floridianson]

Looks good now two Deuce snatch blocks and your just about ready.

 

[Weeeee]

Would like to see more pics of the plate or how you attached it.

 

[Paraord]

Just put one on. Hot wrench and welding required. Tried to make it clean w no frills.

Hey Gingwhaa, looks awesome. Very clean. Can you put some more pics up of the install or the mounting? Planning something similar with mine as well.

Thanks!

 

[gingwhaa]

[Some other pictures. I was not real impressed with the sherpa chrome and plastic parts.... Looks real China rust and fade in a year to me... my welds were about as bad though haha. I basically bolted the winch horizontal right through the bumper with the inside two bolts and made a 6x6 (haha) steel square box under it and bolted through the bumper and made vertical braces to form around the front. It might not be strong enough for a snatch pull,. You are really supposed to mount these winches backwards to pull against the back of the bumper and push at he base. If it breaks, it needed repalcing anyway...

 

[gingwhaa]

I am going to add some tie bars to the lower grill I think...

 

[gingwhaa]

[Some other pictures. I was not real impressed with the sherpa chrome and plastic parts.... Looks real China rust and fade in a year to me... my welds were about as bad though haha. I basically bolted the winch horizontal right through the bumper with the inside two bolts and made a 6x6 (haha) steel square box under it and bolted through the bumper and made vertical braces to form around the front. It might not be strong enough for a snatch pull,. You are really supposed to mount these winches backwards to pull against the back of the bumper and push at he base. If it breaks, it needed repalcing anyway...

I also bought the 500 amp fuse but just ran the main lead to the starter bat side because the bat terminal was too far. Anyone who reads this should know you can run 12 volt stuff off the first battery just fine... I have a solenoid and a heater motor wired to it. I bet you could run a smaller 12v winch in the bed or on the rear of the truck too. maybe 10k max to not kill the battery. Might do that later...