Which Bumper Winch is the Best
 

I have an 2006 SUT, I am thinking of getting a bumper winch installed. I like the hide away look. just not sure which one to go with. I like the one that Dennis and DRTY have but don't know what kind it is. Also I know that Trail duty has one made by Warn. I also saw one on a truck made by road armor Dakar that looks pretty cool too. ( it makes the truck look like it is smiling.) I think Phil D went wheeling with this truck before it is a black SUV.

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The warn winch bumper that trail duty carries. It mounts via sub-frame system and then has the bumper shroud that you can bang the heck out of and then replace all without damaging the winch or it's mounting system.

Many winch mounts integrate the full bumper with the winch mount.

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Don't forget the part about drilling.:giggling:

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I really like the road armor Dakar Bumper. It looks pretty tough. Any downsides to it?

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Phil why do you use the cradle winch instead of a Winch bumper? I'm sure this has been discussed, but FUK off with search comments please! :D I want some new info after having these set ups for a while now.

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You all have been so awesome. Thanks for all the great input.
I want to get the synthetic line for the winch. Where can I go to switch this over. A 4x4 shop? I think I will be getting a Warn 9.5xp. What all is needed to do this? What brand of synthetic line is recemended?

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??? :D

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Rockstomper.com has the Amsteel stuff at a pretty reasonable price.

Phil,
You think with a 9500 lb winch you need to go with a 3/8" line? That's what I have on my multi-mount, but I'm think it might be overkill. The rockstomper site says that the equivalent width to the 9500 cable (5/16th) is a 5/16" rope line which is already stronger. Why go to 3/8ths? On the 9500xp you won't get 100' to fit with 3/8th rope. You'd have to drop down the length to 80'.

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Oh, an FWIW - DRTY has the best bumper out there. I've seen in up close a zillion times. Best looking, most solid one I've seen. Also, I think it has the best clearance of all of them.

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:iagree:

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X2

Total Sweetnez.

w/ the chr#me grill:

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w/ the black one:

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W/ the brushguard: (shameless padding :D)

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As far as I can tell, the DRTY bumper is much like a Unicorn:p. Its been written about for years but no one's ever been able to prove they actually exist.;):D

For all the accolades and apparent demand, I don't believe it has ever been commercially available??

The new H2O guy stuff looks very promising. I need a rear bumper solution.