Making the ultimate DD/ Trail rig?

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Feb 17, 2013 | 06:09 PM

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Rovernut

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Originally Posted by hav24wheel

If you double up the line, it doesn't mean you are doubling the stress on the hitch. The stuck rig will take the same lbs of a pull to get unstuck in a single line pull vs a double. If you are seriously stuck, even a home built receiver can bend.

A stock bumper is a worthless anchor point, so with a receiver mount winch the only anchor point is the winch mount. Single line the winch will stall before you exceed the receiver capacity, assuming an 8 or 9,000lb winch. So you can easily exceed the capacity of such a mount with a double line pull.
Will you always do it? No, but you have no way to know if you are or not with a double line pull.

I wasn't talking about a homemade receiver mount, I was talking about a homemade winch bumper. Given the equipment his friend has, I'm sure he could help him build a bumper that wouldn't bend.
If he can't, he can use the photos and dimensions in this thread to build one that he won't bend.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...on-needed.html