@Laine D I'm going to come raid your fridge
Not technically the truck, but I got some work done on the winch mount for the trailer. Originally the plan was to get it mounted on the truck, but seems I'll need it more often on the trailer.
Got some 5/8" plate cut at work a few weeks ago. 4" wide and maybe 14" long. Drilled it for the winch, then drilled a couple holes to mount it to the trailer frame.
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I tapped the bottom holes for 1/2-13 bolts, plan on running bolts through and then using a nut on the end to lock everything in place.
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Then I drilled the holes in the trailer frame.
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Then I found a couple 3/8" plates leftover from the gantry project that won't be needed that actually have the correct hole spacing! Cut them down from 6" wide to 4" wide. That'll help spread the load out too.
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It's a big heavy 12,000# Ramsey winch. Plan is to get it mounted with this stuff and then fab up some kind of rear support as well to help hold the weight while bouncing around going down the road.