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receiver mounted winch or permanently mount it in the front bumper?

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Old 08-02-2015, 04:36 AM
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I love my OR-Fab. It's very beefy, and you can get stubby, mid-width, or full, with a top mounted winch or recessed, options of no bar, bull bar, or stinger (on the stubby), also takes the factory fog lights, no problem.
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Old 08-02-2015, 08:37 AM
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Hmmmm...not sure that shrockworks bumper is quite my cup of tea. I'd like to keep it stubby if possible.
Old 08-02-2015, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by GoldenRubi
Hmmmm...not sure that shrockworks bumper is quite my cup of tea. I'd like to keep it stubby if possible.
They make a really nice stubby
Old 08-02-2015, 12:21 PM
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Mine in the picture above is a Smittybilt XRC. I was unhappy to lose my stock fogs so I spliced my LED's into the factory harness
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Originally Posted by LidLess07X

They make a really nice stubby
But stubby doesn't keep foglight holes.
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Check out the ace stubby, can be ordered modified to keep the stock fogs. You'd be looking for the non pro series.

https://www.aceengineeringandfab.com...homeSubCat_9_1
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Originally Posted by GJeep
I agree with the cons that were posted. A snatch block can reverse the pull direction, so a front mounted winch would pull backwards.
with 3 snatch blocks you can pull yourself from behind! At least in the Video I watched they did on flat ground and not stuck!
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I put on a Bestop High Rock Narrow bumper Friday and a Drawtite receiver hitch at the same time. They mated up pretty good together. That will help with my boat etc. The winch will go on the Bestop Bumper.
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Originally Posted by GunDude
with 3 snatch blocks you can pull yourself from behind! At least in the Video I watched they did on flat ground and not stuck!
Not many people run with 3 snatch blocks + tree protectors, but if you have them this is a very cool way to winch yourself backwards. Seen it in a video, very cool.
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Originally Posted by Havok287
Not many people run with 3 snatch blocks + tree protectors, but if you have them this is a very cool way to winch yourself backwards. Seen it in a video, very cool.
It is pretty cool, but more a lark than anything else. However, if you really, really needed to do this, hopefully you have a couple buddies that are each well-equipped and you can cobble the gear together to do so.


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