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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 02:29 PM
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Default Winch and home made hidden mount
I finally fabricated the mount and put the winch on. The weather has been terrible, it took a while. I still need to reinforce the metal I trimmed when opening a space for the clutch selector.

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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Nice Install... What type of winch is that?
 
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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Harbor Freight... I was afraid someone would ask. They have been good to me though.

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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 02:42 PM
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Very nice! What is the capacity of your winch?
 
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8500 pounds
 
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Nice job. and actually the Harbor Freight winches are not bad, as far as the Chinese made winches go. I saw a test recently that pitted 7 different brands against each other and only the US made Superwinch and Warn beat it. It outlasted all the Chinese winches and even beat a US made Ramsey...
 
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Winches in Hell by MoabJeeper? Saw that one, great article. If not can you post the link?
 
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Winches in Hell by MoabJeeper? Saw that one, great article. If not can you post the link?
Yeah, that's the one. I posted a link to it in the outdoor section not long after it came out...
 
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Looks like you did a good job on the install to me
 
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Very clean install, my only concern might be the cable rubbing on the bumper during extreme winching, but other then that, great job!
 
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