A quick look at the Hickey worm gear winch

[dazza]

Originally Posted by jeffahart

Ready for action

That looks badass my friend. Very nice.

Kinda like it without a bumper!

So I went to install my skid plate today and when I held it up in place I was like, wtf? I thought for sure the back end mounted to the crossmember... but it's not going to reach. Unfortunately I wasn't taking too many pics at the time because I wasn't planning on doing a full CDO work-over of my truck. I don't recall another bracket but will have to look through my things.

What I did do the other day while looking for things to do, instead of what I should have been doing, was make a quick skid plate template. Just because I had this thick roll of malleable shower liner next to me along with a heat gun, I laid it out and 10 minutes later had this template. The material is a bit soft to hold the backend curve, but the front third came out excellent and it should be pretty easy to make a steel one from this. And like many little, "I wonder how easy it would be to..." projects, I don't think I will ever use it, so if it will help you, I can roll it up and drop it in the mail.

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