Bed Winch mounting . . .
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Bed Winch mounting . . .
Hey,
I am looking for thoughts and opinions on mouning a winch in the bed for loading cargo into the truck and possibly a trailer behind the truck one winch to do both jobs
looking at a 4000LB or so with roller faillead, 12v,
i have seen them mounted on a headache rack with the winch centered at box top height. i am thinking more along the lines of bed mounted with a custom mounting plate in a U or C fastion that has the legs goint out towards the back of the truck. would it be better to go through the bex and into factory holes in the frame or maybe remove the bed bolts at the front and use them holes withsome grade 8's and then the legs into the cross ribs with some grade 8's aswell with plates underside to spread the bolt pull?
largest forseen load would be a derby car onto a car trailer
Thoughts?
Thanks guys
Joe
I am looking for thoughts and opinions on mouning a winch in the bed for loading cargo into the truck and possibly a trailer behind the truck one winch to do both jobs
looking at a 4000LB or so with roller faillead, 12v,
i have seen them mounted on a headache rack with the winch centered at box top height. i am thinking more along the lines of bed mounted with a custom mounting plate in a U or C fastion that has the legs goint out towards the back of the truck. would it be better to go through the bex and into factory holes in the frame or maybe remove the bed bolts at the front and use them holes withsome grade 8's and then the legs into the cross ribs with some grade 8's aswell with plates underside to spread the bolt pull?
largest forseen load would be a derby car onto a car trailer
Thoughts?
Thanks guys
Joe
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I'm not sure how it would be best to mount that winch. I like the idea of a plate under the bed to spread the load, maybe tie that plate into the frame somehow. You may want to post this in the 4X4 section. Lots of users in there with winching and fabrication experience. Hope this helps!
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