No fairlead?
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No fairlead?
no he couldn't figure out how to build it
Even with a fairlead I would not run the winch line like that down to your recovery hook. See how the wire is tight against the front edge of the bumper. You brush that against a tree/rock or rub your nose on the ground when coming off a steep incline and you are looking at replacing your brand new winch wire before you ever used it.
Hope you have better luck with the Smittybuilt then JB did. I know there price tags are enticing but that reflects on their quality.
Yeah, I just have the wire like that until I build my fairlead mount. The reason I went with the smittybilt besides it's price was I saw them send zach a brand new one when his broke. I figure I can use it till it breaks and then they'll send me a new one. I never wheel alone so I should be fine.
oh, and it was 43 degrees and raining, and there was no one there.
http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/x...adMountnew.png
Made out of creightons favorite material....
you do realize that you are spending more time drawing it on a computer than it would take most people to just make it out of steel?
The computer drawing looks good man. Keep up the fire.
The first batch (I.e. mine and JB's) were good winches but the had issues with the sideplate and situation knob. I think smitty has done some major quality control and is now making truly excellent stuff. Shop back home says they have more warns coming in for warranty work than smitty's, which is pretty impressive.
The fairlead mount doesn't have to be that complicated. 1/4" tabs, no bracing really necessary. Boom, done.
I don't live where my truck is, im in the corps, and i am still in school. I don't have alot of time to go over there. It only took me 5 min to make on the computer.
sharpe, I asked in a separate thread but no one replied as to how to build it. I haven't really looked on other trucks, I don't know how beefy I need it.
bring it to cleburne, my kids need a turd to polish