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Welded heavy square tubing between frame rails, then welded receiver tube to that. Bent up box for winch & put into receiver, then built bumper around it. Winch box held in place by receiver pin & 5/8 grade 8 bolt on each side that screws into weld nuts into the bumper tubing.
Works great - as you can see by the scratched & mud its been used & abused. I have been against a tree pulling with the winch, hard enough that the winch quits pulling & the bumper has never budged!

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So you can remove the whole thing with a pull of the pin?
I like the eexpanded steel look.
:mm::chevy::mm:

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...And take out the 2 bolts. "Whole thing" being the winch box section, that way can put it on the rear too if needed. But we also have a receiver tube on front of our car hauler trailer so can put the winch on it & drag something onto the trailer if needed.

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Cool! :chevy:

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Slick setup! That's alot cleaner than the regular receiver style mounts that you see. Are you using those quick connects for the cables too? Man I like that setup!

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THANKS!
Yeah it has quick connects, but just use a welding cable quick connector for the hot & it grounds itself since all connected to the frame.