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- Mike
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- Washington
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- Raptor, Ranger, Mustang, Focus, Explorer
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- Badlands
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I ordered my rig with the capable bumper to gain fog lights knowing I would build one when the rig arrived.
Im no pro fabricator but this is what I came up with.
set out to make the winch mount strong and not block the ACC. Started by placing the winch and a Barnes 4wd winch plate.
then I worked on the mounts with some 3/8 plate
next up was attachment, used some 5” C channel to tie the plate in to the mounts. Also
Then I started adding some tube and reinforcements
Fast forward to lots of welding later and I painted
installed.
Next plans are to relocate the control box and camera. Then make permanent mounts for the sensors. They are just hot glued in place so I can test locations for a few days before fabbing some mounts.
also have the LOD frame tie in plates to install and will replace the factory hardware with some grade 8 nuts and bolts. (Gotta see if I can drill the 4th hole on the frame too for the tow hooks.)
Thanks!
Im no pro fabricator but this is what I came up with.
set out to make the winch mount strong and not block the ACC. Started by placing the winch and a Barnes 4wd winch plate.
then I worked on the mounts with some 3/8 plate
next up was attachment, used some 5” C channel to tie the plate in to the mounts. Also
Then I started adding some tube and reinforcements
Fast forward to lots of welding later and I painted
installed.
Next plans are to relocate the control box and camera. Then make permanent mounts for the sensors. They are just hot glued in place so I can test locations for a few days before fabbing some mounts.
also have the LOD frame tie in plates to install and will replace the factory hardware with some grade 8 nuts and bolts. (Gotta see if I can drill the 4th hole on the frame too for the tow hooks.)
Thanks!
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