Home made winch cradle

[McClint Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close McClint]

Hi just thought i would post this info on building a winch cradle to fit behind a 90 series gxl bull bar. I used 2 bits of 50x50x5 angle with 5mm plate on top for bracing.
cost me nothin. happy to help anyone wanting to do the same.

[ianafloat Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ianafloat]

Hi Mate,

Nice work and a very good price, I have been thinking about the same idea, looks good.

ianafloat

[Casey Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Casey]

Good stuff McClint me and a mate want to do the same thing we are in Carrum Downs. How much to us a hand ?

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

good on you for having a go McClint but i see 1 major problem with the cradle, if you have a look at any winchbar, arb, tjm, ironman or even a std toyota bar with a winch cradle they are mounted so that the winch is pulling back into the cradle or bar, they are only using the mounting bolts to hold it onto the bar, they way you have your winch mounted is that the 4 m12 bolts are taking all the weight of the car, my opinion is this could be very dangerous if the bolts were to fail and the winch came flying out of the cradle. here is a photo of an arb bar i have in the shed, see the 4 mounting holes for the winch to be mounted so it pulls back onto the bar, and doesnt rely on the bolts to take 100% of the load

i can also show you a photo of how it it mounted to a std 120 soverign bar with a winch cradle if required, im not having a dig at your work just pointing out something that i beleive could be a bit dangerous, if the pooh hit the fan cheers samo

[matt150 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close matt150]

From my experience in breaking things in mines, in farm paddocks and up the side of a hill I probably shouldn't have tried to drive up..

Yeah Samo, I think you are on the money.

[Nema Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nema]

I think it looks quite good McClint. It would be interesting to see the mounting up close. I have just put a new ARB winch bar on mine if you want to see how they mount it up to a 90 series since I'm only in Narre.