Alright guys now we are back on track... My dad got a killer deal on a warn 12000 lbs winch that is a few years old. It was hardly used and it had a little rust inside it but we tore it down cleaned it up and put her back together and she moves perfectly.
We played around with the winch and managed to get it to fit nicely between the frame rails with a little trimming
We debated many different ways to mount the winch while keeping the stock body/spring mount setup but came to the conclusion that it would be best to torch everything off and start fron scratch.
With a clean slate to start from we cut out a base plate to mount the winch to
After that we made the front plate and added some holes. We also had to clearance the faceplate a little for the clutch lever. I painted the fairlead and polished the rollers
