TG's winch plate on a zuk!

[supazuk]

I have trail toughs missing links and when i saw the new trail gear winch plate for the toy mini i looked at it and said I bet that would work on my zuk! I went over to my buddys shop took out a tape mesure to his toy and found that it might in deed work so i ordered one up
welded in the spacers that came with my missing links to strengthen the frame ( also notice my new toy IFS steering box now i can turn with one finger!)
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m215/supazuk/build/DSC00672.jpg
using some 1/2" steel I made the missing link pad longer
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m215/supazuk/build/DSC00674.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m215/supazuk/build/DSC00675.jpg
I stuffed a pipe in the the tube crossmember and drilled 2 1/2" holes to put bolts in along with made some 1" spaceres for between the tube and the plate
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m215/supazuk/build/DSC00677.jpg
I also opened up the hole for the cable so i could run a roller fairlead and drilled and tapped new holes for the bolts
looks like it was ment to be on there
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m215/supazuk/DSC00679.jpg
now i have a warn M8000 and a new recovery point on my rig

[Chris Dunbar]

Looks good. Can't wait to see a bumper incorporated into the winch plate. :thumbs:

[design311]

Nice, now throw some tube to it :thumbs:

[supazuk]

got to try it out on a snow run with lots of winching .. worked great ! lots of complements!

[Chris Geiger]

Sweet!:thumbs:

[yotadaze]

How about some pics of the whole rig?

[supazuk]

recent snow wheelin
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w85/teamfx3/snowrun18.jpg