License plate mount when using a Hawe fairlead
10-22-2012, 05:42 AM
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License plate mount when using a Hawe fairlead
Everybody knows the Maglite mount trick when using a roller fairlead:
But you have to get creative when you run a Hawse. Last week I decided I wanted to shorten up the nose of my Jeep and the Warn 73850 seemed like the way to go:
h__p://www.gowarn.com/prodDetail.aspx?partNo=WAR73850
After putting it on:
(Notice the double-chin is gone? Always hated that damned crossmember.)
I started thinking about what to do with the plate. I decided to bend up a couple of brackets and use the bolts on the sides of the winch that hold the crossbar:
Since the control box is mounted on the port side it wasn't necessary to radius the one corner. I used one set of the holes I'd drilled when I installed the Mag mount. The other set I just plugged with the bolts I'd used then, too.
That's it. I like things simple.
But you have to get creative when you run a Hawse. Last week I decided I wanted to shorten up the nose of my Jeep and the Warn 73850 seemed like the way to go:
h__p://www.gowarn.com/prodDetail.aspx?partNo=WAR73850
After putting it on:
(Notice the double-chin is gone? Always hated that damned crossmember.)
I started thinking about what to do with the plate. I decided to bend up a couple of brackets and use the bolts on the sides of the winch that hold the crossbar:
Since the control box is mounted on the port side it wasn't necessary to radius the one corner. I used one set of the holes I'd drilled when I installed the Mag mount. The other set I just plugged with the bolts I'd used then, too.
That's it. I like things simple.
