Hey all,
I'm building a winch bumper for a Warn M12000. It's a feet-forward mount/design, like the 8274 does.
I putzed around making the mounting brackets today, but I'm having a hard time coming up with a design I like for the mounting the forward plate and still not causing other problems.
The concerns I have are:
1) cannot drastically diminish the approach angle (like the stock winch bumpers do).
2) Has to sit low enough so that the mounting plate/winch don't adversly affect cooling.
3) Has to be stong enough to handle a 1200# winch.
So what have you guys seen or built? I'm no Ryanroo, but I have some tools around and I'd like to build something nice if I can get inspired.