Hey guys, My brother leaves for Marine Corps boot camp on monday, the 27th. He is also a volunteer fire fighter who has served our community for two years now. He drives a 2004 SLT quad cab with a 4.7 V8. He loves off roading but doesn't usually have people to go out with. As a gift from my family, we want to buy him a Warn VR8000 winch, and have it installed before he gets home in three months.

I want to know where the best location to install the winch would be on his truck, He has a brush guard installed, but the cross bar seems a little flimsy to handle the weight, and force of the winch in action. All suggestions and feedback would be greatly appreciated. below is a picture of the front of his truck.

 

No one has any ideas?

 

Here you will need one of these.

http://www.winchready.com/winch-bump...97-2004/40500Z

 

Thank you for the help! That is very nice, but do you know.of.any ways to mount it right to the brush guard? I have seen multiple trucks, not only dodge, that have winches mounted right onto the guard.

 

I am sure you can but you have to beef it up alot to handle winch. Take a look at this i just did a search on google and found this.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...9620_200309620