Winch and home made hidden mount
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mark, you see this?
http://www.harborfreight.com/automot...ift-47591.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/automot...ift-47591.html
I have all the steel for my truck crane, it is even cut into the right components. Now for some good weather to weld it up. Maybe Sunday.
Thanks Matt!
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If you want to be able to mount the winch at the rear, a simple portable cradle would still be the way to go. I have a portable for the front of my Jeep and ran an extra 2/0 wire to the rear of my truck that would allow me use the portable on the rear along with the permanent winch on the front. Currently I've pulled that cable up into the bed thru a water drain hole and am running a 2nd battery which is under my tool box for the time being (until I get a chance to re-route my CAI under the hood scoop to make room for a passenger side battery tray). But it's a five minute thing to pull the wire back down and run it to the rear bumper again if need be...
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I'd go at least grade 5s. I did a grill/winch mount for a friend with an '02 Ram and the mounting hardware didn't match up so I drilled the frame and cut a few pieces of thick flat stock and used them on the backside of the holes as backplates. Worked out fine...