Removable Winch front hitch

[jus10inbrla]

Well got it all fabbed up finally. I had this winch on a cat eye z71 with the ranch hand hidden receiver so decided to build one for the 93. Also bolted in some receiver bars where oem tow hooks went for shackles.

frame is a 3x4x 1/4 angle iron, with 3/8 plate for ends. All i did was reuse one hole where skid plate bolted in and drilled 2 new 1/2 holes in each. Then cut out hole in center of bumper for hitch. I got the sb350 quick connect on front and rear of truck as well as on the winch and jumper cables. Controls i used a 4 pole round trailer connector. Let me know what yall think and any suggestions.

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[jus10inbrla]

More pix. I plan on grinding everything smooth then painting. The receiiver tube is 2 i had laying around just welded together.

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[thinger2]

Dude, find a way to pad that thing.
Rubber chicken head, old carpet, foam Seattle Seahawks....
Whatever ya gotta do
Thats gonna shin bone ya bad every time.
But, post some more pics. I wanna see how you are doing it

 

[jus10inbrla]

Dude, find a way to pad that thing.
Rubber chicken head, old carpet, foam Seattle Seahawks....
Whatever ya gotta do
Thats gonna shin bone ya bad every time.
But, post some more pics. I wanna see how you are doing it

Ya mean the receiver tube for the winch ? Or the shackles?

 

[90 Silverado]

Ya mean the receiver tube for the winch ? Or the shackles?

He means the receiver, get one of those plastic plugs for it .....

 

[jus10inbrla]

Gocha. Hell this one doesnt stick out as far as the one did on my ranch hand. But good thinking

He means the receiver, get one of those plastic plugs for it .....

 

[thinger2]

Ya mean the receiver tube for the winch ? Or the shackles?

The tube bud. Its a shin breaker. Yer gonna dance funny while teaching the neighbors all kinds of new ways to use words!
I think its a pretty cool project though.
Its always cool to see somebody just do it and make **** work.
Awesome

 

[351FUN]

Man this is bad ass. I just bought mine off amazon and you're out here making one up from scratch!

 

[jus10inbrla]

Man this is bad ass. I just bought mine off amazon and you're out here making one up from scratch!

I looked at those ; drawtite & curt were main two. But they came out below the bumper. Thats askin to get broken off eventually . And they use the tow hook hole if not mistaken. I wanted to secure to the frame from inside instead of on bottom .

 

[jus10inbrla]

Few more pix.. got it all welded up

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