New winch mount installed!

[Liv2race]

It's the westin sportsman winch mount! Love it! Did a test run where I hooked it up to a 2012 ram 2500 Cummings and I ended up pulling my truck with the tires locked on dry pavement with no deflection of any kind. Very impressed!

 

[Liv2race]

Another pic

 

[jwheeler]

Nice. Any pics of how it ties into the frame? Most of those brush guards I've seen aren't very secure.


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[Liv2race]

I can take pics of that tomorrow. The brush guard has nothing to do with the winch mount. Basicly it bolts to the factory tow hook locations (actually more) and come out passed the bumper that the winch plate sits on top of and is bolted down.

The brush guard is then bolted to that.

As I said With this system dragged (wheels locked) my truck on dry pavement with zero deflection!

 

[jwheeler]

Oh ok. Cool. I dig it.


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[homebrew]

Can I get a side shot? Would like to see how far it sticks out.

 

[Liv2race]

Pic requests......

Frame mounts

Sorry for the salt... Snow here

 

[Liv2race]

Frame mount

As you can see, it's a strait shot out the front bumper where the winch plate sits then mounted under that is a bracket on roughly on a 45* from there the tow hooks go and tie into the main bracket.

 

[Liv2race]

How far does it stick out? Side view.....

 

[bravada94]

very nice.

 

[Birddog]

I was just looking around at winches and mounts. I'll need a 12K or higher am now I'm thinking of a 15K. I think I'll start a thread asking everyone to show their winches mounted. Don't forget to show yours. I'm trying to get ideas... Yours looks great by the way!

 

[ddowns2646]

I have been looking for a winch mount for my 2011 1500 big horn and I can not seem to find anything! does anybody know of a way to make it work?

 

[Liv2race]

Make this one work?

 

[Liv2race]

Updated pic with 30" curved led light bar

 

[ddowns2646]

I would love it to work! But the 2011 model does not have tow hook mounts

 

[jwheeler]

Sure about that? Just that year they are not there? Just because it doesn't have tow hooks, doesn't mean the mounts are not there.


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[ddowns2646]

Hmm... I'll have to take another look. We are supposed to get 5 inches of rain today and tomorrow so it will be a while before I can look underneith.

 

[Liv2race]

Yeah mounts will be there.

 

[homebrew]

How much did your front end sag once you got this mounted? I have bils set at 2.1, combining the natural settling and this winch mount my front end has dropped noticeably and I have yet to install the winch. Thinking I'm going to have to up the bils to 2.8 to level it back out.

 

[Liv2race]

I lost about 1" total with everything