I have a 8274 on my CJ, Love it. Pulls my Jeep like a beast and does it quickly. I just dunno If I will love they way it will block the Bronco grill. I may hold out on a winch just to see how your 8274 looks on your Bronco! Im sure it will look awesome though.
Are you going to be adding a Winch to your Bronco?
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Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
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Not yet but I’m sure it’s coming.
If It fits within the modular bumper but still needs a plate that will take at most a grinder to a plate(harbor freight $50 plate and $30 grinder). Bolt holes should be there. Nothing too rough for roadkill lol. But if it doesnt easily fit in the bumper a small bolt on hitch will and then Harbor Freight also sells a hitch mount cradle for their winches. Should all be easy enough maybe a few hours work max.
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I sure will have a WENCH in my BRONCO!
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That is exactly the setup I had for my XJ.. but I found myself not really knowing when I may decide to go off the pavement and didn't always have it with me. I had also passed a couple guys on the snow roads, where I could have helped them out but didn't have my winch because I wasn't going off Roading.With needing the airflow for the intercooler and radiator I like this setup
and just mount a 2" receiver in the front bumper. Many hitch manufacturers already make front mounted hitches for vehicles. Much simpler, doesn't block anything. Pull it out of the back, use the winch, put it back. use it front or rear. What if you need to pull a line from the rear ?? ......kinda hard when the winch is in the front.
Nice front bumper..... heavy duty, aftermarket, 1/4 thick, intergraded skid plate, with a 2" receiver ..... PERFECT !!!
So As much as I would love at least a way to put a 2" receiver on the front quickly, I told myself this time I wanted to go with the built in so that it would always be ready.
Beautiful dog!I already ordered one it came to the house and gf thought it was for her jeepher bday was in 2 days so i gave it to her ,now she want to drive around the neighborhood pulling fallen trees out of the way oh well.
Thank you he came from my loins lol thats Bruno the wonder dog.
Maybe its a cj thing but man we got alot of similar stories. Same recovery but it was 2 stock chevys going where they shouldnt. Traded a beater bronco for a jeep and had to throw in a winch to make the deal(the truck had issues 30mph max pedal to the floor) so im out wheeling, no winch, and 3 trucks and 4 straps later we got everybody rolling again. I was the deepest in the muck slinging it everywhere while the others were on something more like land.
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It’s not fitting within/inside the modular bumper, period. If one wants it to sit inside the bumper like jeep’s the bumper will need to be pushed out and be deeper vs tucked up to the frame & grill.
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Yea, I was trying to point that out earlier that the modular bumper is very narrow and thin. I think you would be better off building the bumper fascia out around the winch like the new defender (which is a total install pain) than putting a giant bumper on it. Guess that’s why they went with a cradle insert in the middle. Makes installation easy and a bull bar can protect it.
Dang I didnt realize it was that tight to the body. Yeah I will have to make some brackets to push that bumper out and put the winch inside it. Looks fairly straight forward. Might have to add about 4 inches. It would make the bumper a lil easier to stand on working under the hood. I like the look of the modular bumper so would be nice to keep it. I think I will prefer the winch inside the bumper than hangin out front like that. I will stop in Ohio at my buddys junkyard and weld something up that or pick up a cheap buzz box and just do a roadkill fab job in a hotel parking lot!
Yeah I thought the whole point of the modular bumper was that you could squeeze a winch in it.
I really wish Ford would have gone full badass engineered the Bronco floor pan with a centrally mounted winch with front and rear of the vehicle access. I mean they gave us a lockers lift and 35s package. Maybe by the time they do a refresh, that will up the ante even more.
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Definitely can NOT squeeze anything behind it. And you are not the first to be scratching your head on this....Ford appears to have put some thought into many off road aspects....but to blow this one so bad....nobody knows. Their winch solution is so clearly and afterthought, and the fact that it blocks the front cam.
Maybe they were focused so hard on Jeeps shortcomings, they blew past what jeep got right like bumpers that allow you to install a winch behind them!
Jeep does have the advantage in that originally their bumpers always held a winch. CJs and YJs pretty much bolted right on, after that things got trickier and fixes had to be made.
I do think pushing it out about 4 inches and maybe some internal trimming will do the trick. Would also be sweet if when pushed out drilling an extra hole or 2 could sweep the part of the bumper that is past the frame backwards a couple degrees. I always loved the look of a strong bumper modified to fit a winch.
Still got my fingers crossed for a central mounted option one day.
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