Sneaky winch mounts for your CUCV

[91W350]

I have a friend that owns a welding shop and beween the two of us, we came up with these slick winch mounts.

 

[91W350]

I ran out of attachment space, anyway, the rear license plate is mounted with a spring and sucked up tight to the bumper. I used camper plug ins for my winch remotes. The front mount is a plate that we rolled to give it strength. The mounts are in existing holes in the chassis, no welding or drilling was done to the chassis. The front roller fair lead being mounted to the stock bumper is not the best for lateral winching, but they sure worked slick. I apologize for duplicate photos as it was hard to tell/remember what I uploaded. Glen

 

[frodobaggins]

Looks like the cable is hitting the frame, may want to get a pulley there.
Other than that, looks good !

 

[91W350]

It only rubs when there is no tension on the cable. If you are dragging a spare tire to straighten out the wraps, it never rubs, take off the tension though and it loops up there. It is definitely close.

 

[Midnight Rider]

I would think you might want to put some sort of cover/skidplate over those. It looks like they could get damaged under there.

That's pretty cool though.

 

[91W350]

The front one I had to watch the one on the front end, I slid it on some rock shelves. The rear would drag on the springs/mounts first. It is higher in the chassis than the spare tire was. I never managed to hit it. I really used the truck more for loading and unloading trailers and pulling my M715 around than as an off road machine. They were really handy for pulling dead vehicles on and off of trailers. If a guy wanted to get serious about dropping off into the rocks, he would want to skid plate that front one.

They worked pretty slick. Winching off to the side would flex the front bumper, it really was not stout enough for that application. I never had any issues at all with the rear though.

Thanks for the compliment!

That truck got totalled by a nurse that could not tell a red light from a green one. She hit it hard with a Suburban in the driver's door pillar and front axle. Broke the spindle, bent the tie rods, really screwed up the door and cab. I sold it with the mounts and winches in it. I wish I had the front mount back for my current truck!

I thought I would toss them out there for the guys to see and maybe they could use an idea or two or look and improve on their trucks.

 

[Midnight Rider]

I wouldn't mind trying that front style mount on my 1009. The rear one wouldn't work because of the fuel tank though.

 

[CDN-CUCV]

Very slick indeed! I think I have a new project for my M1009

 

[91W350]

I think if I had the front one to do over, I would use a regular fair lead and that new non-metal winch rope. That would make it flush in the bumper with just a hook hanging. I know I will be building another one for my new truck if I do not pick up a duece or 5 ton.

 

[wanabecruisen]

Can you reach the free spool lever? I'm not sure about that winch but many low profile winches have to work against the brake when powering out. OK for short distances but will kill your winch if repeatedly powering out long puls. Otherwise - looks great!

 

[84cucv1ton]

looks great

 

[91W350]

That was easy to switch to free spool, you just had to reach under the truck to do it. I am too impatient to power out cable. The one thing I did not like was having to lay on the ground and work over my head to spool the cable on straight again. I am not so sure why I always wanted the wraps to be perfect, not many people got to see them.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

Heh....I'm kinda OCD too, so if I ever put my winch under there, I would want to unspool it to wrap it back up all tidy and neat.


Now I just need to find two winches to mount up under my truck