Where the heck you mount a winch on this thing?

[franco802]

I am looking into a winch for my K5. When i had my Heep, I just purchased a Tomken winch mount for $95.00 and wholla! Now that I look at my K5, I don't see how the stock bumper would have a place for a winch

Do we K5 guys have to change the whole front bumper to mount a winch? If so...who makes them?

Sorr for being a dumbass, but I did a search but found a bunch of custom stuff people made themselves, that's it!

 

[dremu]

I am looking into a winch for my K5. When i had my Heep, I just purchased a Tomken winch mount for $95.00 and wholla! Now that I look at my K5, I don't see how the stock bumper would have a place for a winch

Do we K5 guys have to change the whole front bumper to mount a winch? If so...who makes them?

Sorr for being a dumbass, but I did a search but found a bunch of custom stuff people made themselves, that's it!

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151278

There are winch bumpers made, including the Warn (eh) and various vendors here (ooo )

And yeah, you gotta change the front bumper ... if you put the winch in front of the bumper a la the Jeep, you kill your approach angle something fierce. Jeep people often have some difficulty grasping the sheer SIZE of a Blazer

-- A

 

[cbbr]

I like sandawgk5's setup.

 

[81jimmyslt]

Check ours out here www.blazenoffroad.com

 

[tRustyK5]

My set-up...still need a winch though.

Should be about the same approach angle Ira has with his set-up. Under the core support is a great place IMO, and the 'pull' is not putting any weird leverage on the frame.

Rene

 

[nocoasthardcore]

We put a winch in my father's 79' Chevy with the factory bumper.
It was a Tulsa winch and fit between the frame rails nicely.
Then we cut and braced and put the roller fairlead where the front tag
would have gone. If you live in a state that like front tags you could
just throw it on one side or the other.

 

[readymix]

I like sandawgk5's setup.

Yeah Ira and myself put that together one afternoon. It was pretty easy, and could be easily done using a stock bumper as a fairlead mount.

 

[dremu]

We put a winch in my father's 79' Chevy with the factory bumper.
It was a Tulsa winch and fit between the frame rails nicely.
Then we cut and braced and put the roller fairlead where the front tag
would have gone. If you live in a state that like front tags you could
just throw it on one side or the other.

Mmm, yeah. I shoulda said ... there are/were hidden winch setups for these trucks. Ramsey made one for the 73-80, anyway, and the fairlead goes right where the front plate was. This is it on my truck:

http://www.slosh.com/ck5/hidden-winch-5.JPG

-- A

 

[franco802]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151278

There are winch bumpers made, including the Warn (eh) and various vendors here (ooo )

And yeah, you gotta change the front bumper ... if you put the winch in front of the bumper a la the Jeep, you kill your approach angle something fierce. Jeep people often have some difficulty grasping the sheer SIZE of a Blazer

-- A

The Warn on my Jeep sat on top, not in front, I had no problems with approach angles(here's a pic)

I do understand what your saying though. Because on the K5 it would sit in front if I did the same thing.

I like the look of a stock bumper with a winch. Not one that sticks out two feet in the air. Just a simple bumper with mounting points for a winch.

 

[franco802]

Mmm, yeah. I shoulda said ... there are/were hidden winch setups for these trucks. Ramsey made one for the 73-80, anyway, and the fairlead goes right where the front plate was. This is it on my truck:

http://www.slosh.com/ck5/hidden-winch-5.JPG

-- A

I like that alot, looks bad ass!!! They still make this type of set up??!!

 

[dremu]

I like that alot, looks bad ass!!! They still make this type of set up??!!

Eeeeyah, not per se. Apparently nobody bought them, least according to the Ramsey guy I talked to back when I got this.

Howeverrrr, if you can find a winch with that goofy bolt pattern, the mounting hardware is all angle iron, etc, and I have measurements & CAD drawings of them, should you want to make your own.

The only weird thing is the bolt pattern, as it bolts in a line along the long sides, rather than the rectangular pattern used by the newer winches.

OTOH, the older Ramseys seems to how up now and again and be fairly cheap; I seem them on tow truck beds, that sort of thing.

Anyway, there's some info on my Brochures page ... go to

http://brochures.slosh.com/index.shtml?blazer

and click on Hidden Winch down in the left under "Miscellany."

If you want the CAD stuff, welcome to mail me on dremu-at-yahoo-dot-com.

-- A

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Should be about the same approach angle Ira has with his set-up. Under the core support is a great place IMO, and the 'pull' is not putting any weird leverage on the frame.

Rene

Under the core support works really well unless you have an 8274

Some pics of mine are at the bottom of Sandawg's post