I forget but have a excuse what foreign truck had the winch that was run so it could be used from the front or the back?
90% sure Tatras are that way, the Tatra driven from Canada to the GMVR a couple years ago had a midships mounted winch that could feet to the front or rear. I think the MTV winches are that way. HEMTTs maybe?
That is a good looking setup!
Thanks. I put a lot of thought into it. I didn't want to lose departure angle, I wanted it to be usable for self recovery and pulling dead vehicles onto trailers. I didn't want to have to swap the hitch or modify it by dropping it down any. I didn't want to hack the truck up (it killed me to drill the holes in the bottom of the frame for the crossmember) in order to mount it, didn't want to lose the stock pintle functionality, etc.
I rough drafted it on paper, thought it through, bounced ideas off a dozen of my friends whose opinions I trust and then mocked it up with wood and cardboard.
There's an entire album of how I did it here:
https://imgur.com/a/y8WKT
The fairlead mount is 1/2" plate and attaches under the pintle. The factory fairlead wouldn't fit on the winch and was too tall to fit between the pintle and hitch. When I removed the stock fairlead, I had the fab shop make a spacer plate to replace the fairlead.
Got the winch at a very good deal (I should have bought two) but it was still expensive. Maybe $1200 at the low end, $1500 at the high end. Cut no corners: 00 welding cable, 350A disconnects, etc.
Tight fit with that rear crossmember. A lot of measuring went into this.
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The fairlead mount took the most time. I think if that 1/2" plate had been 33/64" the pintle shaft would have been two short to get the cotter pin in.
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Pintle retains 100% of factory capability. Rotates 360°, opens inverted, etc.
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Winch brace
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