Thought I'd try and do battle with image links again . Just why cant they be stored chronologically ??
On my FarmFind I didn't want all the weight and cost of a big old steel winch bumper, so decided to fit my winch inside
We're lucky to have a new machinist set up right next door to my son's unit
I got him to make me a stainless "dognut" fairlead.
It's machined to fit 40mm exhaust pipe seen here attched.
That's then mounted to the stock Nissan sub bumper framework. It's pretty sound and so I was happy to weld onto it.
Then an easier task of trimming the plastic to suit the fairlead.
The stainless exhaust part then fits nicely ontop of the n/s chassis rail after a little persuasion on the brake pipe. Hole cutter through the floor and I'm in
Then an eye up and loose positioning for the rope line and winch .
I've cut a bit of 40mm box to mount the winch on due to the slope on the floor at this point.
Underneath the winch is a big bit of folded steel going across the truck to each chassis rail and welded on .
Wiring all to my second battery which is behind the drivers seat and on a split charge relay.
Also I found an isolation switch in my box of bits , so fitted that too. I've also fitted a couple of LEDs to the winch so I can see the line in the dark
There will eventually be a full flat floor over all this lot :naughty
First few wind ons here, not loaded
Since these pics I've done full load tests and it self feeds a treat
On my FarmFind I didn't want all the weight and cost of a big old steel winch bumper, so decided to fit my winch inside
We're lucky to have a new machinist set up right next door to my son's unit
I got him to make me a stainless "dognut" fairlead.

It's machined to fit 40mm exhaust pipe seen here attched.
That's then mounted to the stock Nissan sub bumper framework. It's pretty sound and so I was happy to weld onto it.

Then an easier task of trimming the plastic to suit the fairlead.

The stainless exhaust part then fits nicely ontop of the n/s chassis rail after a little persuasion on the brake pipe. Hole cutter through the floor and I'm in

Then an eye up and loose positioning for the rope line and winch .

I've cut a bit of 40mm box to mount the winch on due to the slope on the floor at this point.

Underneath the winch is a big bit of folded steel going across the truck to each chassis rail and welded on .

Wiring all to my second battery which is behind the drivers seat and on a split charge relay.

Also I found an isolation switch in my box of bits , so fitted that too. I've also fitted a couple of LEDs to the winch so I can see the line in the dark
There will eventually be a full flat floor over all this lot :naughty
First few wind ons here, not loaded

Since these pics I've done full load tests and it self feeds a treat