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Old 11-03-2012, 11:01 AM
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i want to put a winch on my 97 ranger, i want to keep the regular bumper on, what would be the best way to do that, and how big of winch could i fit?
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Old 11-03-2012, 11:05 AM
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Old 11-03-2012, 11:17 AM
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how does it mount to that

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is there a way i could mount it to the frame behind the bumper
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Old 11-03-2012, 01:08 PM
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how does it mount to that

You put the winch on a Hitch mount like so:






then you mount the winch and you can remove it and also put it in the back of the truck also.











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is there a way i could mount it to the frame behind the bumper
its gonna take a decent amount of modifying and cutting to make that work
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