trying to mount a winch

**Mick** · 08-05-2013, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by bigdog72

joe thanks pictures would be great and mick we have the same winch! how do you like it?

I've never had a winch before so don't have anything to compare it to. Seems to be real strong, though. I pulled a 2000 Buick LeSabre with four flat tires that had been sitting for a year and buried several inches. Couldn't get the tilt bed even with the ground and it still pulled that car up on it like nothing.

**Patriot76** · 08-05-2013, 06:27 PM

Assuming the trailer has an upright structure to mount a winch, I would weld the winch to a 1/4 in to 3/8 in. plate big enough to span several supports. Most supports I have seen are 1/4 in. angle iron or channel so I would lean towards this thickness. Next I would bolt it to another plate on the back side of the structures. When you have your own trailer, unbolt it and weld it to the new trailer or just bolt it. Make sure the bolts are rated for more than the pulling capacity of the winch. Industrial bolts have three lines on the bolt head.