Weird winch mount

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Weird winch mount

Post by VinceAtReal4x4s »

Just saw this 710 posted for sale and was curious how this mount could possibly work (and why on earth do it this way??) The forces on that hitch/bumper connection would be enough to twist everything under even a medium load. The owner might want to rethink this whole idea.
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Re: Weird winch mount

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Looks like this may be a pair of hitch mounts in a Y configuration.
Top one angles the winch back toward the chassis possibly only
for transport. The lower one for pulling and located just above
the Pin -- which seems "sacrificed" for this set-up. Perhaps? Maybe?
Otherwise a bad idea.
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Re: Weird winch mount

Post by Joeri »

Yes i think its stored in this position when driving and when they need to winch its mounted in the lower ( horizontal ) mount......if they would winch in this position....well i think you can do that only once :? :P :mrgreen:

What i dont understand is....why dit they weld this mount on the original mount ..i mean it would be better to just make a adapter to put it in the original recievermount so you could still take the winch off and put it in the back and slide it in when needed ?????? :roll:
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