Does anyone have a winch hanging off the front end of their 08? I've been looking for a winch mount that didn't require the replacment of the entire front bumper with a replacment from a sherman tank.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Bill

 

Look on Warn's site.. Warn Industries - Main Home Page they have a couple of options. They have a
trans4mer kit and a semi-hidden kit. Both utilize the factory bumper.

 

I love my semi-hidden kit. Most people forget I have a winch and don't ask me to pull their friends out.

 

If you go warn I'd get the trans4mer setup over the hidden. To me the hidden mount makes trucks look like Jay Leno I like my bumper better though, of course my stock bumper was destroyed so it was a good time to upgrade

 

I used Warn's multi-mount system on my 04 (slips into a front or rear receiver and wired on both ends). I never liked the looks of it, but more importantly, never trusted it enough to pull on an angle. Oddly enough, I never used it in the rear receiver. I had a 9500 ti and felt pretty sure that if I ever got in trouble, I would rip the front mount assembly out. Never had to pull the truck while fully stuck, mostly winched a few trees out of the road.
I am interested in seeing some pictures of an instatlled "hidden" system. Would like to keep my factory bumper on the 08 because of the color match and would like to run at 15000# unit.

 

ReAx, nice looking truck. Got any more pics of the front bumper, especially a side view? Saw one on ur site. Looks better than I was expecting. Was afraid 5" extension would break the lines more.

 

I have used the front/rear receiver system on the entire fleet. This setup had enough strngth to pull the '03 out of a 10' water excavation trench (as in backed into the trench) that one of my folks put it into.

We use this mostly for self recovery, but it is handy to be able to hang it front or rear. When our trucks are fitted up for snow they weigh in well over 11k

Our normal approach is to pull the right tow hook and replace it with the hitch receiver as a hard point.

 

your set-up looks very substantial. The receiver is certainly a higher class than I had. When I got mine, convinced myself that the trailer hitch frame was constructed for parking campers. Bolted to the frame, but the construction looked weak. You certainly couldn't pull at a more difficult angle, than a truck parked while looking at 1 o'clock!
What's the plate below the brush guard for?

 

They are a little dark, but here you go. It doesn't look bad at all, I do like it better than most of the aftermarket options.

 

great pics, thanks. I really like your set-up. Looks like a good route for my needs ..... strike that ..... for my desires