Front winch mount pics, Scout II?

[Maine Jeepah]

Looking for pics, diagrams, napkin drawings, of winch mounts for a Scout II.
The more detail of the actual mount the better.
8274's mounted a plus..
Anyone make your own? What did you do? How did it work out?


Thanks
MJ
:D

[RustoleumWhite]

8274 fits REALLY nice in a factory Warn Winch bumper...

They "lay-downs" don't :(, but the uprights do.

It actually looked pretty good and didn't impede approch angle *that* much... but then you don't have the rock problem we do here :flipoff2: :D


http://www.nwbinders.net/Trails/WalkerValley/April2000/MarkBC1.jpg

[ol John Henry]

Home Melted;)

<img border="0" src="http://www.ando.com/images/red/fdangle.jpg" width="400" height="246">

<img border="0" src="http://www.ando.com/images/red/front.jpg" width="400" height="260">

[Snoopy]

Here's the winch bumper I make w/ brush guard, clevis's and Warn.
http://www.dandcextreme.com/winch.jpg
http://www.dandcextreme.com/winch2.jpg

[jdjanda]

Here's mine, 3/8" plate for the winch mount, 2" and 2 1/2" 1/4" angle for the frame mounts. 2" sq tube for the wings.

[tsm1mt]

Originally posted by jdjanda
Here's mine, 3/8" plate for the winch mount, 2" and 2 1/2" 1/4" angle for the frame mounts. 2" sq tube for the wings.

Joe - did you cut into the stock x-member when you stuffed the 3/8" plate in? Or does it sit on top of the frame still?

Looks low!

Optical illusion, or a body lift? :D

[Old Scout]

Not mine:

[jdjanda]

Originally posted by Old Scout
Not mine:

Wholly smash my winch into a rock Batman. Must have a line on cheap winches, or the mall does not require ground clearance.

[jdjanda]

Originally posted by tsm1mt


Joe - did you cut into the stock x-member when you stuffed the 3/8" plate in? Or does it sit on top of the frame still?

Looks low!

Optical illusion, or a body lift? :D

Sits 2 1/2 inches from the bottom of the x-member. From the side looks like this

_
F | /@\ <----- Winch
R --------
M |
_|

[tsm1mt]

Originally posted by jdjanda


Sits 2 1/2 inches from the bottom of the x-member. From the side looks like this

_
F | /@\ <----- Winch
R --------
M |
_|

OK, so the winch plate is actually in front of the front crossmember then, and a little more than halfway up the x-member.

'k.

[Maine Jeepah]

Originally posted by Old Scout
Not mine:

That roller fairlead would be a bashing victim even out here....:eek: Is that the stock bumper? Mine looks like a pretzel and is in the scrap pile.

The pics I'm seeing are great, thanks for posting them.

Anyone seen anything that mounts the winch a bit higher?

I suppose the highest one could get easily is mounting a plate somehow on top of the frame rails/xmember. This would involve some body chopping or a BL as I recall.

Just thinking outloud, as I'm going to have to do this eventually.

Keep the pics coming and any ideas you all might have would be helpful as well.

Thanks
MJ

[Mechanos]

Originally posted by jdjanda


Sits 2 1/2 inches from the bottom of the x-member. From the side looks like this

_
F | /@\ <----- Winch
R --------
M |
_|

Aaaaahhhhhh ASCII art. I remember when that was considered high tech graphics....:p

[RustoleumWhite]

here's a few pics of my new winch "bumper"

its not done yet, but should be about as compact as you can get an HS9500.

Sticks out only 4.5" past the stock front crossmeber :D :D



http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/album02/P0000013.sized.jpg
http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/album02/P0000011.sized.jpg
http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/album02/P0000012.sized.jpg

You can also see me "de-fanged" RS towers.... Next ones (when I do the RC44) will be more compact.
http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/SOAv1fronttowers/P0000032.sized.jpg

[Brandonw]

Originally posted by Maine Jeepah


Mine looks like a pretzel and is in the scrap pile.




Talking about your jeep?? :flipoff2: :D :flipoff2: :D

[Maine Jeepah]

Heh heh, jeeps just fine..buildin' the scout so I can wheel it, while I build up the HEEP. :flipoff2:

Wheelin the HEEP while I build up the Scout.

If only I had a big ole one ton truck for a tow rig life would be perfect.
:flipoff2:

MJ

[tsm1mt]

Originally posted by Maine Jeepah


If only I had a big ole one ton truck for a tow rig life would be perfect.
:flipoff2:

MJ

Y'mean like one of these? :D

http://tigger.tmcom.com/~tsm1/scout/jpg/74tette/11_11_2001/rf_corner.jpg

Dunno how it'd feel about a Jeep behind it.. towed a friend's Chevy 3/4T on my trailer just fine though.. "What Chevy truck behind me? Oh.. that one.. forgot it was there.."

[Maine Jeepah]

That has much more character (and balls I'd suspect) than what I use for a tow pig now.

http://www.4adodge.com/cargo_van/img/home_lg.jpg

:D

MJ

[Hooper]

http://www.ihssii.org/Hooper/Images-Technical/Winch.jpg

http://www.nwbinders.net/Trails/ReiderPit/July2001/HooperRockMayCreek.jpg

Strong enough to save my poor rig from certain death this weekend!!! Not too hard on the approach angle, either.

[tsm1mt]

Originally posted by Maine Jeepah
That has much more character (and balls I'd suspect) than what I use for a tow pig now.

MJ

Character? Well, it IS an IH y'know..

Balls? Might be up in the air.. it's "just" a 345 at the moment.. though with 4.30 gears the 345 has no problem moving anything I've tried to tow thus far (Chevy 3/4T on the trailer, or a yard of gravel in the back would be the heaviest loads yet)

There's a 392 block hiding under a tarp on a pallet waiting for me to finish the garage... :D

[muskyman]

here's mine

cut the front cross member to be able to put it inbetween the frame horns...2" out from stock only...skid shield smashes everthing in its pathhttp://hometown.aol.com/thommathie/myhomepage/profile.html

[Old Scout]

Originally posted by muskyman
here's mine

cut the front cross member to be able to put it inbetween the frame horns...2" out from stock only...skid shield smashes everthing in its pathhttp://hometown.aol.com/thommathie/myhomepage/profile.html

Here ya go