I got this bumper off of a buddy of mine and I was wondering if it was strong enough to mount a winch on it and be able to actually use the winch. I am taking 3/8 inch and making new mounts for it and ordering the JCR tie ins for the frame rails. But is there anything else I need to do? I don't want to get a winch, go to use it and rip the bumper off the jeep.

 

Yeah it needs some new mounts those in my opinion are not worthy of a winch or using the bumper for recovery

 

Sorry bud this isn't fab. Read the stickies at the top of this section.

I wouldn't use that bumper for recovery. Judging by that third pic, it wasn't made very well. It does look good, I just don't think it will be worth the effort you plan to put into it to use it as a recovery bumper.

I can't see on my phone, does it mount with the stock bumper bracket? It looks like the stock bumper mount bracket to me.

 

I got it off of a buddy of mine for free cause he was getting rid of his jeep. Its on the stock mounts right now. I am building new mounts for it out of 3/8 steel and getting the jcr frame rail tie ins.

 

If you're making the brackets, why don't you also make the tie-ins as well? They're not hard to make.

 

I could. I'm more concerned on getting this bumper strong enough to mount a winch on it
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3/8"s!? Man, 1/4" is plenty.


Incorporate the steering box bolts and the other 3 bolts on the passenger side, mount your winch on it and run it till it falls off.

Enjoy.

 

How thick is the winch plate going to be? As long as it's tied in correctly and the winch plate is strong enough you should be fine

 

I plan on buying this winch plate from barnes4wdhttp://www.barnes4wd.com/Dual-Pull-W...ate_p_214.html