Reciever winch mount modification?

[euzoa]

Alright guys, I decided to go with a reciever mount winch on so I can also wire it up front and rear on my daily (88 blazer) and my womans xj after she got stuck and I got the front axle high centered on a rock pulling her out...it was a bad night.

I went the whole shebang, isolated aux battery, everything, go to slide the new winch in to try it out and tension it and the "guards" on the winch mount hit the front bumper. I guess the real question is do I try to tweak the guards, and risk ruining the mount, or run it without, and make it a real...pain to carry?

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Pictures?

 

[K5wrench]

I know exactly what you are talking about.
I might have said a very bad word when i finished installing the receiver, wiring, and tried to slide the winch in the first time...
I have a third option:
Weld a receiver extention to the winch mount cradle.
That is what I did.

My M1009 has the military brush guard.
The winch cradle hit the brush guard before it reached the hole for the receiver pin.
So I welded a receiver extension to the Winch cradle mount.
Directly under the cradles receiver tube.
The other bonus is that it lifts the winch a few inches higher, not a bad thing.

Just weld the snot out of it, add some gusset plates, and weld some more.

It was an easy project that took some 6011 rod an hour, and 2 beers.
Here is a picture from before it killed the deer.
I made it stronger on the second iteration by adding gussets, but no pictures of that at the moment.



Edit:
Ooo.. and make yourself a set of these!
Just don't use them on Toyota Priuses.
They are only for old school hairy man trucks without "sensitive" electronics.

 

[onetonbb74]

I made an inside of the frame receiver mount so the chrome bumper fit over the receiver. Was planning on cutting a hole in the bumper behind the plate, and add a flip down license plate bracket.

The winch ended up never moving and I ended up making a winch bumper. Plus I moved out of the city so I dont mind leaving the winch on the truck permanently...

Multimount on the blazer...
I ended up drilling 2 holes for the pin to get the winch where i wanted it both front and rear. Wired up 2 disconnects both front and rear and used a 4 flat trailer wiring kit to add in cab winch controls. If you use 1 ott disconnects, jumper cables fit inside of them, never have to pop the hood for jumpstarts again.

 

[euzoa]

I ended up just buying an extension for now, thanks I didnt even think of that. My Jimmy is high centered in a drift right now and kinda need to get it out. What I should have done is buy a long extension, weld on 1/4" plate and make my own mount so I would have an instant place to hook a snatch block and reduce motor load. Unfortunately my premium expired so I cant see or post pics (I'm not here much anymore). I didnt do the reciever hitch mount for fear of theft, it's so I can put it on whatever I need to, front or rear.

When I said I went all out I meant is lmc left hand tray, 150a bridge rectifier to isolate, both batteries isolated, voltage sense and supply relocated to outlet to primary battery, 100amp circuit breaker on the feed to the secondary battery. 250 amp circuit breaker on back feed lines to act as emergency jump start. Smitty built quick connect harness front and rear. Warn front reciever, harbor freight receiver mount with an xrc9.5. So maybe a little overkill