best bumper for approach angle..

[twoslo4five0]

looking at bumers to hold winches but not kill my approach angle...what do you guys recomend??

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I don't know which bumper but use a Hawse style fairlead instead of a roller fairlead.

 

[colbystephens]

i intend to put my winch on a plate with a stinger to go thru my bumper so i only need to put it on there when i want to use it. that way it won't hurt my approach angle and i could use it on the back of my truck as well.

 

[broncoman6524]

Sooo your saying like have a reviever tube on your front bumper?

Thats what implanning on doing for mine as well.

 

[obijuan]

mines pretty good i think and my plate is covering the failrlead cutout:
heres the best sideshot i have of it:

heres the front:

 

[pauly383]

You could remove your a/c condenser , cut your core support and grille a little , and set the winch almost into the radiator . Then build yourself a stinger and a simple tube bumper . That would be real set back for approach angle

 

[lak2004]

What about converting to electric fans (windstar or others) if you already havent and setting the fan and radiator a little closer to the engine and then you would have all kinds of space to keep the winch behind or in the grill. Not sure it would work but I have been thinking about that for mine. Plus I already have the fans

 

[mr.smartass]

Yeah someone around here has a nice shot of a Warn 8274 that they set into their grille.

 

[NorCalKid]

People have mounted them upside down between the frame rails under the radiator.

here is how someone did a first gen http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208578&highlight=hidden+winch.

One DPI made http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169633&highlight=hidden+winch

Do a search for hidden winch and there are a lot of threads about them

 

[lak2004]

I used to own that DPI one. Bought it off Daniel but just sold it a month or so ago. Never had a winch to mount up though.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Yeah someone around here has a nice shot of a Warn 8274 that they set into their grille.

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181220&highlight=winch

That gave me a pretty good approach angle but there isn't much bumper there (it had a Warn classic bumper on it that I hit a lot so I took it off). You can't move it back any further than I did or you will need to move the radiator. I didn't move it up any further because I was worried about leverage on the frame.

 

[habitatxskate]

screw the bumpre, front trailer hitch (about 130) and then the winch cradle and winch itself therefore saving $$ and having a winch for pulling yourself out of situations you shouldn't have put yuorself in, and thesame approach angle.

 

[buefchris]

Just another idea....pictures always helps me.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Another good thread (though you couldn't do this with a big winch like an 8274:

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208578

 

[twoslo4five0]

ive thought about the hidden winch idea i just want a lil protection from the rocks thats all...if something is gonna take a beating on the front its gonna be the bumper...

 

[mo]

i did a little trimming on my grill (kept the bowtie intact) and stuck it right on top of the frame rails, never did get around to building the rest of the bumper... too late now

 

[Randy92782]

i did a little trimming on my grill (kept the bowtie intact) and stuck it right on top of the frame rails, never did get around to building the rest of the bumper... too late now

too late??

 

[1978Blazerk5]

too late??

I wonder did he junk the truck or sell it or something like that

 

[Randy92782]

I wonder did he junk the truck or sell it or something like that

ahh i think he's the one that rolled down a hill. i remember that from when i first started coming here. look in his sig. it says "Rest in Peace"

sorry to bring it up mo

 

[mo]

it got took out by a lady who lost control on the freeway and bounced off the center divider into me. it's ok, still depressing though...