We install the Trail Tailor Hidden Winch Mount on my 100 series Land Cruiser. It's a mostly self-explanatory process, but I thought I'd show the process and add to the existing instructions provided by Trail Tailor.
I grabbed a alloy winch bar from market place for $50, a winch cradle for $70, gave a local boiler maker/fab shop the drawings and measurements of what I wanted done to the winch cradle and cost me $50, Its mounted to the chassis rails with 4 bolts on each side and 4 bolts on the top, I mounted the winch upside down so I can just reach under the bar to move the engage/disengage/free spool lever. Grabbed a winch using a eftpos gift card that came with a new phone plan all up cost me $170 best investment I've ever made on my Landcruiser. Used it about 20 times and 10 of those were in 1 day when bad storms and floods hit when we were out winched out my self 4 times and 4 other 4wds that were with me.
@@thelandcruiserproject What else ya gonna do? This thing aint destined for a car museum. Drilled holes in my cargo bay are the LEAST ugly thing on this ancient truck. I surpassed the point where I had any delusions that this is a "nice truck". It's moved into the category of being an old wheeling rig, like my 40 in it's last life. And I'm just fine with it!
So true! I'm very delusional but each time I run some branches down the side or drop a bolt and nick the paint, it helps me be a bit realistic about it all. I still can't take it out in the salt though!
I think it's a great idea to keep weight down. Those that spent a lot of money will say it'll help protect the truck in the event of an accident, but I think it's a small window of accidents that don't cause damage to even the steel bumpers. Deer hits on the other hand...
This one was no sweat, or at least would have been with the right tools. I've since got a couple cutoff wheels and a die grinder. I'd feel much better about the job now.
