Just wondering how people have mounted winches without spending alot of $$$$$$$$$ I have a stock bumper with the pro comp prorunner bar and was thinking of maybe taking the bumper off and tying into the frame some how anyone done anything like this?

 

If you mean trying to make the procomp bumper capable of supporting a winch that is not going to happen. You need more beef on a bumper than that puny light holder to mount a winch.

 

Maybe something like this. No you can't convert your light bar to a winch mount.

 

is that a landcruiser??

 

here's mine, the bumper is from Daves Offroad he used the trailgear winch plate.
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The TG winchplate alone would be stronger than the pro-comp lightbar.

 

Love the zipties on the turn signals.

 

Thanks, they're also pluged in through the wheel well

 

her is mine using a universal winch mounting plate bolted to the crossmember and then reenforced with some steel strap welded to the winch plate and bolted to the frame underneath.

this is my solution until i can get a new bumper with integrated winch plate.

 

I didnt want to make the light bar the mount but maybe tie into it I think im going to just get the TG winch mount nice and simple

 

www.addictedoffroad.com
is having a crazy sale right now 325 for winch bumper no stinger
check it out
he is a great guy!

 

That seems like a simple enough solution. What are those blocks above the mount for (bolted to the bumper)?

 

I made a receiver mount so I could move my wench cradle or other accessories to be in the front or rear. I know it's overkill but it's attatched at all 10 locations in the frame. I also added a tranny cooler because this blocks the lower tank of the radiator where the stock cooler is. I normally just keep a tow link in it, except for when I go wheelin. Last pic shows with my bumpers powder coated hammertone black and cleared.

 

Trust me if I had the cash I'd be all over that bumper lol i love it But dont have the pockets for that....just gunna go with the TG mount

 

You made that? You wanna make another one (lol)? I didn't think of using a receiver winch cradle.

 

that thing is sweet trailgear sells something similar check it out http://www.trail-gear.com/toy-bumper.html has the winch mount and reicever

 

high lift jack mount and k/c light mount. once i get the lights on ill post another pic.

 

This is what I built using the JAMES DEAN DESIGN maybe a bit of over kill it's made of cold rolled 1/4 plate steel hoping to have to replace the truck before the bumper lol.

The roller and hitch are off center a bit to center the winch cable to the middle.


I also got a couple spring clips I guess is what you call them to mount on the fairlead rollers and the licence plate covers the fairlead rollers.

 

sorry for posting on an old thread but im trying to mount my winch to the front of my 91 4runner and i was doing some research and found this post. on the picture you posted you circled the bolts with yellow did you use the holes that were already tapped into the front bumper reinforcement? if so what size bolts did you use? thanks for any help

 

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