Inverted winch

[The88]

Anyone mount a winch upside down? Lookin to mount under the radiator for a hidden look and still reach the spool release.

 

[87scotty]

Don't know why you couldn't

 

[The88]

Rah joe. With a 3" body lift I got room for days. Would just be nice to keep the stock front bumper, slap on a fairlead and hide it with a plate. Never know when you would need an extra pull

 

[Smitch320]

I had a winch behind my stock bumper for a while until I found an old winch bumper.

I will post some pics. I had it "backwards" and everything worked fine for me until I sold the set up and to my knowledge the current owner has not had any problems.

 

[Smitch320]

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[NOPHO84K30]

If you get the m12000 the end cap with the lever is clockable so you can put it anywhere u want to. I think diy4x winch mount center says this. I never tried it but i was thinking same thing till i came across another bumper im gonna use.

 

[The88]

I will check it out. And thanks for the pics. Looks like what I am goin for. Also drawing up a tire swing gate with the stock rear bumper as a start with reinforcement to hold up the swing.

 

[Smitch320]

I am surprised the winch behind the front bumper is not a more common thing. I wanted a winch realllllyyy bad, and could not wait for the right bumper to come along so I had to scratch the itch. I kept that set up for about a year, used it a few times, one of which being in that "snow" (SC drivers...) and a few other times to get myself out of a bind in the swamp.

 

[crazy4offroad]

I had mine mounted behind the bumper for a while on a homemade mount, the feet were pointing towards the back of the truck. It worked just fine for years but then I decided I wanted to mount it on a reese mount and just have a reese behind the bumper. My bumper isn't stock though. With a stock bumper you could put the reese flush with the bumper and use a flip-down license plate holder from like an old pontiac and have some kind of license plate on the front to cover it till you need it.

 

[NOPHO84K30]

I thought of that as well in a receiver hitch front and back then run wires with a quick connect to both so i could pull out front or back. Then store it in the tool box so doesn't get stolen.

 

[NOPHO84K30]

Theres a few 12000 warns for sale here in phx on Craigslist any where from 600 to 1000 dollars. I might go pick one up this weekend