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04-25-2007, 07:47 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
OK man, so you're saying it stressed out some while pulling, but you stopped before it bent? That's normal, but you said "and the front of my rig was bent" so I thought it did bend out on you.
Still, I've got those frame plates in the works & I'd be happy to send you a pair to weld on, if you want 'em. Along with the top supports I'm fabbing up for the grill cage, that should hold the pivot...will send those too, if you like.
Work-in-progress, it seems...
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04-25-2007, 11:12 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
Got your email, had a look at it, yup that's where I suspect the problem is too... Why did they make those brackets so thin? Engineers...
Nope, I am happy with the deck and am making the gussetts myself to support the front end brackets...
It should be good to go when I get time to weld the gussetts on. 
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04-25-2007, 11:29 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
OBERON ale  i'm enjoyin one right now
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04-26-2007, 07:41 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
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OBERON ale i'm enjoyin one right now |
I gotta go get more of that, it's only made for a month or so....enjoy!!!
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2006 H3 Adventure, green in & out, Line-X, no bling. Onboard air, Rino GPS, BVG roof rack, roof-mounted lights, Warn xd9000i winch, RR rails, Hunner's skid plates, custom UCP, rear tire rack, roofcam.
1965 IH Scout 80, fully restored with winch, lockers, Dana 44's...holds it's own to an H3.
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04-27-2007, 04:06 AM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
OK, finished some mods...
Added 2 brackets to brush guard, they go back to a bolt on the steel radiator housing. Required drilling into center steel of brush guard, a nylon spacer helps keep it from tweaking. This oughta counteract the rotational force on the grill guard, but I still need the new-thicker-better mounting plates so I can weld 'em to the frame ends.
Anybody that's bought a mount, and has a brush guard, sound off if you'd like a pair, they're on me. Anybody still wants a mount can have a pair of these to bolt on with it.
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2006 H3 Adventure, green in & out, Line-X, no bling. Onboard air, Rino GPS, BVG roof rack, roof-mounted lights, Warn xd9000i winch, RR rails, Hunner's skid plates, custom UCP, rear tire rack, roofcam.
1965 IH Scout 80, fully restored with winch, lockers, Dana 44's...holds it's own to an H3.
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04-30-2007, 10:18 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
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04-30-2007, 10:22 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
We're gonna need that winch, good testing opportunity.
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2006 H3 Adventure, green in & out, Line-X, no bling. Onboard air, Rino GPS, BVG roof rack, roof-mounted lights, Warn xd9000i winch, RR rails, Hunner's skid plates, custom UCP, rear tire rack, roofcam.
1965 IH Scout 80, fully restored with winch, lockers, Dana 44's...holds it's own to an H3.
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04-26-2007, 01:43 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
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Why did they make those brackets so thin? Engineers...
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No.. Not the Engineers.. It was the bean counters that knew by using a thinner metal they could save maybe $10 per truck.. That adds up and since the H3 is truely only a light duty truck, not a HEAVY DUTY rig, chances are there are only a very few folks such as the folks here that would EVER have problems with it..
It's the same reason they went with a 7.5 aluminum front diff rather than a 8 cast iron and only 26 (or is it 27) spline gears rather than 32's..
The cost savings vs the few problems (that someone else is fixing on their dime) is just to great to overlook..
They cut $10 here and $12 there and they can get the sticker price below the $30K mark ($29,999) the make more short cuts they take and thinner lighter materials they use the more profit they can get out of that same $29,999 sticker...
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04-26-2007, 06:42 PM
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Re: H3 winch mounts for sale
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