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Sounds good but we still have a ton of snow here and another 6"~8" of snow tonight.
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Lucky , all we have gotten is a couple light dustings. I ha e to take a hour drive to play in the snow
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They are tapped into the rear dome light
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Bouncer
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Advocate II
I have heard good things about HF badlands winches, especially with sales or 20% off coupons. I personally keep watching Rough Country scratch and dent section on ebay. Its rumored that from time to time there will be an open box 9500# winch for 225 shipped, I have not seen it yet, but I hope to.
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I have a engo winch stuffed in there and it's been a ok winch other then the controller box filling with water . My next winch will be a warn , even though some of their winches are made overseas the majority are still made in the USA. Plus they are right down the road from my work so warranty work can be handled quickly
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I have a harbor freight winch on my car trailer for over 8 years and never had a issue with it , its just stupidly slow
Enthusiast III
I have been looking at Champion wenches lately. The prices seem decent enough, have good reviews, and I have been using a Champion generator for a while now and love it.
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Well the first step in any bumper bill was a course taking off the stock one always look so silly with no bumper
And I started making my base measurements figuring out where I need to cut holes for the winch to sit inside the plate and where my bends are going to be
Plan on using 3x3 1/4 wall for the stringers coming out of the frame to the winch plate
A quick burn of the winch plate and bumper material and it's starting to take shape
figured out I needed a 25 deg bend to get the shape i wanted 
I only had a couple hours to mess around with it so that's as far as I got , next step will be bending it around the sides and doing a lot of cutting to get it slimmed down a bit
And I started making my base measurements figuring out where I need to cut holes for the winch to sit inside the plate and where my bends are going to be
Plan on using 3x3 1/4 wall for the stringers coming out of the frame to the winch plate
A quick burn of the winch plate and bumper material and it's starting to take shape
figured out I needed a 25 deg bend to get the shape i wanted I only had a couple hours to mess around with it so that's as far as I got , next step will be bending it around the sides and doing a lot of cutting to get it slimmed down a bit
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The bumper should turn out a lot like the one I made for my old grand Cherokee, simple but functional and tucked in as much as possible 
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Sunday Funday our original plan was to wake up nice and early before the sun came up get a real early start and head out for an adventure Backcountry snowshoeing trip...... welllllll we slept in till 7 and decided to take it easy and just head up to mount hood and find a shorter snowshoe and just enjoy the day . After stopping by a couple of the more normal snowshoe spots and seeing way to many people we decided on a hike down some snowmobile trails and through the trees till we found our way to a lake 
We wandered around part of the lake then started heading back on what looked like a road of sorts then some bushwacking through the trees and we found our way back to the parking lot
Goofing off is hard work and beer is the best recovery fuel . And being in the PNW there is no shortage of breweries.
We headed over to hood river and stopped at phrem brewery . Talk about some really amazing unique beers my favorite was a coffee pale ale , usually coffee ales are a stout and not really my favorite but this one was super complex and just bursting with flavor . The food was ok nothing super exciting.
We wandered around part of the lake then started heading back on what looked like a road of sorts then some bushwacking through the trees and we found our way back to the parking lot
Goofing off is hard work and beer is the best recovery fuel . And being in the PNW there is no shortage of breweries.
We headed over to hood river and stopped at phrem brewery . Talk about some really amazing unique beers my favorite was a coffee pale ale , usually coffee ales are a stout and not really my favorite but this one was super complex and just bursting with flavor . The food was ok nothing super exciting.
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Advocate II
Well heck speaking of ZJs, that's a heck of a bumper. I need to get one. I am buying a harbor freight welder and watching hella youtube on how to flux weld. maybe after a few months of practice I can make a god ugly but strong ass bumper and sliders. We will see if my skill can catch up to my ambitions.
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Practice practice practice, I'm a amateur welder but a professional grinder . Take your time and enjoy the process . Btw the sliders on the zj where off a 4 runner just redid some of the mounts and had to do some plating on the unibody to make it sturdy
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I have found a 4WD shop here that will sell me factory JKU sliders for 50$ a set. Im thinking of picking up a pair just to see if they can be fitted.
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Explorer I
Brilliant! LOVE THIS! Also love seeing you teaching your little ones how to build things. I've got four daughters, and strive to ensure their upbringing isn't all Barbies and Princesses. Not that there's anything wrong with that!!! My little barbie loving princesses also love motorcycles, Jeeps and firearms! Cheers to you!
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Well got the bumper mostly done and the frame mounts built , still need to plasma out the farelead hole but all in all its done .
Butttttt I did a tranny service and found a issue
Now I don't habe reverse :(
Butttttt I did a tranny service and found a issue
Now I don't habe reverse :(
Was thinking of doing a tube style bumper for my Blazer, but now I'm not so sure. Sorry about the trans. Had to rebuild mine 2 years ago. Really not too bad, but I had an expert help me out that caught some issues that would have caused problems down the road. Make sure you get a beefed up sunshell if you go with a rebuild that is a weak spot in the 4l60E.
