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elks

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Well my blazer now has a new to it tabor 9000# winch. this was a winch from my old truck and I finally had a couple good shop students worthy of the project in the welding shy original Idea was to mount it underneath, but I lost to much ground clearance with it, so it went up front. I am pretty certain that before next fall the control box will be moved under the hood, but with Moab this weekend on its way there just is not enough time...

I was worried it would look real bulky up front, but it turned out nice. there are three bolts on each side holding the bumper to the frame and the majority of the frame has been reinforced with extra plate. So tell me what you think. the mounting plate was originally for a Cj7, but since it was sitting aroound the shop collecting dust it was used instead of creating a whole new plate. Now I need to add some lights.

What do you think? Does it look good? I am happy with it...

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Now a few more minor things, like my new tires on it and we are off to Moab. I will also have my jeep...
 
Looks good. Only two points. It will cut down some on your airflow to the rad, so watch your temps until you see how it is going to do..
Moving the box will help that.

Also, all bolts must be grade 8 or above. The nuts should be too, but the bolts are more important as long as they are in sheer.

Make sure they are really tight, and then check them at least one more time after a few miles to make sure they have not vibrated loose.
 
Fordum said:
Looks good. Only two points. It will cut down some on your airflow to the rad, so watch your temps until you see how it is going to do..
Moving the box will help that.

Also, all bolts must be grade 8 or above. The nuts should be too, but the bolts are more important as long as they are in sheer.

Make sure they are really tight, and then check them at least one more time after a few miles to make sure they have not vibrated loose.
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I fully agree. I am going to double check it all tomorrow before we hit the trail. I put in all grade 8 hardware and typically that is all I use.

I will watch the fan but in all honesty I have never had the rig heat up up at all. This next week looks like we will be wheeling in some temp pushing 90 So I will watch it. The other advatange on that 72 is the radiator sit about 5 inches back from the grill so lots of room to suck air without restriction.

Thanks for the compliments.
 
diggin the front bumper :waytogo:
personally I'd have it wrap around the sides a tad, but I really like the ladder tubing :D
 
looks ok... personally not my cup of tea....
i cant tell in the pics.. but think of this.. when winching.. is that winch sitting way too high? what kind of wheeling? rocks shouldnt matter.. but mud... you will end up pulling high on truck and low on tree trunk... not good.... just a thought...

other than that.. :waytogo:
 
RootBreaker said:
looks ok... personally not my cup of tea....
i cant tell in the pics.. but think of this.. when winching.. is that winch sitting way too high? what kind of wheeling? rocks shouldnt matter.. but mud... you will end up pulling high on truck and low on tree trunk... not good.... just a thought...

other than that.. :waytogo:
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That is why I always hook the cable as high on the tree as I can reach if the front end is buried and the tree is big enough....
 
RootBreaker said:
hope it is a huge based tree.. or youll be pulling it down on top of yourself...

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You saw "The Gods Must Be Crazy" :haha:

"Where's the jeep?" [It's actually a Land Rover.]

(Guys sheepishly points up into the tree, wherein it's hanging from the winch...)

-- A
 
Yep, I used to do that in the swamp with my old CJ5. Had a Konig power take off on the front.
Ground was wet, and I didn't want to crawl under to change a U-joint.

I'd make sure the gas tank was less than half full, throw a rope over a big oak limb, pull the cable over and hook it to the base of the tree.

Winch it up until the engine died from lack of fuel. I could usually get it almost straight up.
I had a set of the old van type battery caps with the vent tubes on the battery.
When I got the repairs done, I would put it in reverse and crank it back down until the engine caught.
 
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