dave_p
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I'm waiting on delivery of my first jeep and came up with this idea -- is there any reason this wouldn't work?
Rear Winching Solution: get a winch and a hitch mount for it
Front Winching Solution:
1. weld the wide half (receiving part) of a hitch extender to a winch mounting plate, and install it in my front steel rubicon bumper
2. widen the bumper's fairlead hole to 2" square in the middle to let the hitch mount pass through
3. when I need to winch from the front, just take off the cover plates on the bumper and pass the hitch mount right through the front
So the benefits would be:
- no need to drive around with the winch all the time, save on weight in front and possibly avoid some front sag
- winch in both directions and only buy one winch
- share the winch with anyone who has a trailer hitch receiver
- the front plastic cover pate on the Rubicon bumper will cover up that ugly square hole
Cons would include storing the winch inside the jeep when offroading.
Structurally I can't see why this wouldn't work if the weld is good, since the mounting plate and bumper are already designed to transfer the load to the frame, and the direction of force is the same.
But a lot of people on this forum know more than I do. What do you think?
Rear Winching Solution: get a winch and a hitch mount for it
Front Winching Solution:
1. weld the wide half (receiving part) of a hitch extender to a winch mounting plate, and install it in my front steel rubicon bumper
2. widen the bumper's fairlead hole to 2" square in the middle to let the hitch mount pass through
3. when I need to winch from the front, just take off the cover plates on the bumper and pass the hitch mount right through the front
So the benefits would be:
- no need to drive around with the winch all the time, save on weight in front and possibly avoid some front sag
- winch in both directions and only buy one winch
- share the winch with anyone who has a trailer hitch receiver
- the front plastic cover pate on the Rubicon bumper will cover up that ugly square hole
Cons would include storing the winch inside the jeep when offroading.
Structurally I can't see why this wouldn't work if the weld is good, since the mounting plate and bumper are already designed to transfer the load to the frame, and the direction of force is the same.
But a lot of people on this forum know more than I do. What do you think?
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