Well after a particularly rough holiday season my father-in-law tells me hes ordering a winch for Clyde for my upcoming bday. Im super excited but I have some questions on the mounting plate. Lets talk overkill here so assume its a 12,000lbs winch what would be the best way to graft it to the frame?
My first thought was to remove the lower bar that ties the frame together and weld some 1/4" plate flat along hte top of the frame rails and cap the end of frame rails with a fresh piece of 2x.250 wall tube. The disadvantage would be all the torque is placed on the bolts themselves and Im not sure I like that idea.
The second thought is to weld a piece of 1/4 over the gap in the center of my bumper and bolt it on through the back. The downside here is it would make maintaining the winch a huge pita and it would be really difficult to remove.
Soo thoughts or or some other ideas?