More Self Recovery Winch.....
I'm currently very busy with customer projects, so progress is a bit slow since my 'FEMTT time' is limited to the evenings.
Today, I was able to install the front mount of the 20,000# DP winch to the frame. This was not as easy as I had hoped.
In order to keep adequate clearance to the rear tire, I had to mount the front winch bracket as far forward as possible. This meant, that I had to integrate the bracket in to the crane's mounting base!
After a lot of cutting, grinding, drilling and shimming I finally got it all mounted, welded, bolted and painted.
Next, I will bolt the rest of the winch back on to the front bracket. This will allow me to mark the holes in the frame rail for the rear mount. It will need a 3/8" shim plate in order to align with the 3/8" crane base, that I had to weld the front on top of.
This 3/8" spacer/adapter plate will also be necessary, in order to miss a frame cross member, that had the audacity to be exactly in the way of the winch brackets original mounting holes....one could not plan this kind of crap if he wanted to!!!!
The other pic is of the new bracket that enables me to finally get rid of the pair of Vise Grips, that had to be clamped to the auxiliary hydraulic port lever, in order to run the crane's hydraulic system!
I know this is pretty silly, but this little improvement is actually very exciting to me!
My thanks go to my friend Fabian for fabing it up!
Soni
Sorry for the mixed up pics....I always load them in sequence but then they get all scrambled when they post....any suggestions from the experts?