I have a Simbars winch mount for the RRC that came with the parts rover. I have decided it's time to get on to building a custom bumper and using the winch mount.
I just finished pulling the brush guard and bumper assembly off the front and mounting up the winch mount.
As you can see it sticks out quite a ways off the front of the rig. I'm debating taking it to a machine shop and having the holes redrilled to pull it farther in towards the body. Looking at the dimensions on the winch I plan to use (smitty built 8k or 10k) I don't see where room would be an issue for the winch with drawing the mount in. I plan to do a tubular bumper to mount off of the winch mount as one assembly. It will have a A-bar built in and light mounts as well.
So the question is do I leave the winch mount as is assuming that the british company that designed a built it knows what they are doing or do I fiddle with having it redrilled to pull it in closer to the body? To me it seems to far out and I feel that it's going to kill approach angles.
Also would it be acceptable to use the eyelets on the winch mount for the shackle recovery points?
oh and yes I know it's rusty I'll clean that up it's all surface rust where the factory coating was flaking off.
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