Custom Bull Bar/Winch Mount

[BBVX]

After some minor altercations with some small boulders I decided to have one of my offroad welder friends help me whip up some body armor. I stole this from Grampa Bob and (hopefully) improved upon it.

First the upper mounting brackets and the top horizontal rail are attached to the bumper tube behind the cladding.


Then the lower mounting brackets and the twin vertical styles are bolted to the tow hook mounts under the VX frame.


Then add the bottom horizontal rail. Tack weld all these together, leaving the cladding in place to adjust and measure for proper placement.


Remove the cladding to weld the pipe joints and the pipes to the mounting brackets.


Then add the 1/4" plate and the winch base with holes drilled through the bottom to access the winch mounting bolts.


Add the two diagonal winch base supports and the two secondary frame pieces to strengthen the main chassis. A skid plate could be added here, but it was getting late.


By using the stock tow hook mounting holes underneath, and bolting the upper brackets to 2" by 4" pieces of steel welded to the tube frame behind the cladding, the whole unit is removable in about 5 minutes.


Brian