winch mounting

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Re: winch mounting

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This one's fun, it's embedded in this thread:

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tencentlife wrote:Can't put the spare Yoko in the clamshell, too big, and I had a cheapo winch laying around, so:
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box tube thru the front crush beam

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converted the winch pan/fairlead bracket

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extra braces to the bottom welded seam

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hung the winch on some 4" C-section between the frame rails

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cutout in stock bumper

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150A breaker protects aux batt feeder and a 6ga feeder to front

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switchgear behind grille right side, fused 10ga feeders continue on to left side to

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a bank of 4-relays that power all headlights and low-speed rad fan manual activation

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winch remote socket mounted in grille

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or this switch converts turn signal stalk switch to winch controller, at the same time activates idle speed boost and

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a big warning light when it is in winch mode. Small rocker with blue LED is rad fan low speed activation for offroading, also boosts idle speed.

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