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Do you mean why is it behind two bumpers ? I need to push vehicles around my place so I figured a double bumper with some push pads would be a good idea. Then since I had bought a WARN 18,000 military winch I thought it would be a good idea to put it behind the bumpers. It fit just fine there as you can see. I added those support braces to the lower bumper later. Then when I was looking for a place to mount my tow bar I saw "Quadjeepers" idea. I thought my lower brace would be a perfect spot and it is ! So there you have it. As far as loosing ground clearance and "approach angle" I didn't. The approach angle is just slightly lower then a stock truck. Remember the normal winch seats why forward of the radiator. Mine seats right next to it. I have a picture showing my approach angle on my bumper/winch post. You can see it all there. So for all practical purposes I have just as much 6X6 ability as the next truck out there. Remember, ground clearance is the distance under the differential, not the frame. You can have your frame jacked up to the sky and still get caught by your differential high centering on a log or rock.
Totally agree with that sentiment ! But like they say "better safe then sorry" . If I didn't have it, I would end up needing it. That's how "Murphy's Law" works right ?
I plan on making my bed into a camper someday so I needed another place to permanently mount it to. Though I did laugh at your last sentence !
I wouldn't use thin wall PVC pipe. If you can find some, a thin wall aluminum pipe would be OK. Or some thin wall steel pipe, but stay away from the PVC . The first time you go out and hit some serious bumps it will crack and break allowing your tow-bar to slide around. I went with a schedule 40 pipe as I had it laying around here. It only adds about 30 Ibs more weight.
OK, I didn't realize you where doing a "trial run" here for fit and finish. It should work fine.
