I finally got around to getting a winch setup. Harbor Freight had a good sale. I bought a 6000 lb. winch and hitch mount.

Yesterday, I had a buddy who welds for a living fabricate a front end receiver. The Jeep is set up to be towed behind my motorcoach, so there's a Blue Ox framework called a "baseplate" where forks plug in to attach to telescoping arms on the back of the bus. The baseplate is pretty heavy duty, and the forks are 1.5" solid steel.

The new hitch setup is a crossbar that pins to those forks, and gives me a 2" receiver on the front end. we had to set it somewhat low to clear the coach light wiring plug and breakaway switch. The breakaway switch applies panic stop in the Jeep should it come loose from the bus. (The Jeep has a braking system for being towed)

Here it is, all built, and with paint drying.


Another view:


Installed:


From the side. There's gussets that prevent roll-forward.


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