slider_buck

does anyone have any pics of any homemade winch mounts. i bought a magnum 9000 winch and i'm going to make my own mount for it out of a flat plate and some square tubing. i figured i'd set it up like a hitch and receiver deal so that i don't have to leave it on the truck all the time.

Flamedx4

What year and rig? Huge difference among them.

slider_buck

it'll be on an 84 model PU

ttr125mar

Sorry for being off topic but I have a question for flamedx4, I was looking at your pics and I like that inclinometer, my question is they do make one for a toyota sr5 I believe but it has a wire connected to it, do all toyota trucks have that wire plug to plug it into? Or do you not even have to plug in the wire? Also what does the wire do if you have to plug it in?

Sorry for off topic!

Thanks,
Mario

jimbo74

im jacking the picture off of roger browns website, you might want to look into his as well, he does do great stuff

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ml#WinchCradle

slider_buck

i like the idea of setting it up with the quick connects. that setup is about what i have in mind except i think that i'm going to use 2 pieces of square tubing under the flat metal.

Flamedx4

I built a nice winch mount for my 85, I frenched it into the front bumper. Not a removeable one though, I don't trust those. Lotta strain can be had for one point pulling, although I know many people who do it, I wonder how many have *really* put it to the test? Not to mention the difficulty of putting it on after you get stuck...
http://www.pcez.com/~pcollins/85_4Ru...heelin02sm.jpg
Here you can see it in the front bumper:
http://www.pcez.com/~pcollins/85_4Ru...heelin03sm.jpg
If anyone is interested, lemme go dig through the old style hard photos, I know I had some of the mount laying on the ground ready to be bolted on.

Flamedx4

I dont think the rigs that came without the clinometers have the wiring in the dash for them, but I could be wrong. They all mounted on top of the dash - this one did too before it was cut down to fit into the dash. See Bob98SR5s writeup - http://4runners.org/articles/clino/index.html -he cut it down originally but I had to cut it a bunch more to fit it into my dash. The real trick was getting it and the radio to all look factory. I cut a lot of dash too! I almost didnt' think I could fit it in, but after I cut up the dash I HAD to make it work!


It did have 2 wires - they're for the light. So if you don't want a light you don't have to mess with the wires. Otherwise you just ground one and hook the other to the dash lights wherever convenient.

slider_buck

with mine i'll put it on when i head to the woods or when i'm driving it in the snow. i just want to be able to take it off whenever its not needed. the majority of the time my truck will be sitting so there is no need to leave the winch on it out in the rain.

Flamedx4

LOL, understood and agreed! For the same reason I had thought of making one with 2 receiver tubes, for both ends too, and running cables to both front and rear. But I'm making one for the 90 very similar to what I did with the 85. Might protect me if I hit a deer...

slider_buck

well i just about have it all done. all i have to do is weld the tubing up on the truck. it turned out farely nice i think. i'll try and get some pics posted up once i get it mounted on the truck. i just hope my welds hold up ok.

slider_buck

heres some pics of my winch mount. i still have some work to do yet though. i'm going to add more tubing to the front of the truck and mount my solenoid box over the drum somehow. i went in town today to get some hitch pins that lock so that someone can't just walk up to the truck and snatch my winch. hopefully be done with it tomorrow. the last one is of my mastercraft m/t's mounted on black widow rims.

www.mustangmods.com/data/7004/winch2.jpg
www.mustangmods.com/data/7004/winch.jpg
www.mustangmods.com/data/7004/mount.jpg
www.mustangmods.com/data/7004/truck.jpg
www.mustangmods.com/data/7004/tires.jpg

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Another threadjack, where did you get those tires at. Ive never heard of em.

Arnold

I'm interested. Been thinking about adding a winch to my '85 w/o adding a winch bumper.

slider_buck

i got them from a local shop. they're a farely common tire around here. i paid 881 total for the rims and tires. they're 35/12.50/15 mounted on 15x10 rims.

paxam

I made my own.
I have a reese reciever in the front and rear.
I have square tube that fites ther reese and a 1/2 plate steel on top with the winch I used 2 90 deg to mount the roller. I have a optima yellow top and attached marine connectors to the top and used welding cable to warren quick disconnects ( you can buy at northern). if you need pics I can supply pm me .
m

slider_buck

i'd like to see some pics. email me at dyket@adelphia.net
i was looking for the quick connectors on ebay but the highest rated were only 375 amps. i'll have to check out the ones that northern has.

Flamedx4

I couldn't find a pic of the mount - I have some but you have no idea how many pictures I have in various boxes, and no organization. So I made a sketch. It's very simple and this mount is much stronger than the frame - never a problem with it.

Sketch:
http://www.pcez.com/~pcollins/85_4Ru...cs/winch01.jpg
Pics:
http://www.pcez.com/~pcollins/85_4Ru...cs/winch02.jpg

Flamedx4

It was bugging me, and I realized I had left out a critical part, so I redid the drawing - now it's really a mess. If you had looked at it already - it's different now.

Arnold

Thanks for the drawings Phil. I'll refer to 'em when it comes time to build one. I really like the look of the stock bumper and would like to keep it on the truck.