I finally got my winch installed. I put in a 12k badlands from Harbor Freight in between the front frame rails behind the bumper.
I measured the width between the rails, and cut the mount to fit. One of the bolt holes wasn't quite right so I had to dust off my welder and fill about a half inch gap gradually. I used the front top bolt hole for the shackle mounts to line up both sides at the front of the frame.
I took a cut down 1/2 drill bit into work and sharpened it on the drill doctor so it would fit on my right angle between the frame rails to make the rear holes.
I used the rear of the reinforcing plate to attempt to line it up square. It isn't perfect, but it's only about a eighth inch or so off square.
I ended up mounting the control box on the driver fender next to the washer reservoir and using some 2 gauge wire scavenged from a bad jump box as the extended wires.
Did have to notch the very front of the plate to clear the front shackle mount bolt nuts, but that wasn't too bad. We cut the license plate area out of the front bumper and about an inch off of the bottom of the bumper where it was hitting the winch.
All in all it took about a week of after work work to get it put on. I had to use it last Saturday when I slid down into a wet clay slop at Hawk Pride offroad in north AL. We attached to a tree off in the woods and pulled us right out. I'm planning on getting a roller fairlead license plate holder and one of those urethane winch hook holders that sit between the rollers to hide it.
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