should be ready for delivery from the fab shop at the end of next week...

here's the skinny...4500 4x4 with alli, 12 dump bed with drop down sides on a pto hoist, 2 ft backpack tool boxes infront of the dump bed...full pto lines to run a 10' sander, 30k braden winch up front (forthcoming). Color black and white. Front chrome package.

will post pics upon arrival...

going after some forestry work here in the northwest....and using it to pull equip for the business, and a 26' campmaster toyhauler on the wkends...

:ro)

How are you going to mount a 30K front winch.? I hace a 10ft plow on my 5500 4x4 the only way for me to install one is to use a front 2" recieverw/cradel for the winch. Also go to the dealer and look under rhe front bumper..you got to get a very very good fab. guy for that job..30K thats a monster. If you use a snach block your at 60K thats 4.5 times the weight of your rig. can you say blocks and a ship anchor.. :cool2:

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How are you going to mount a 30K front winch.? I hace a 10ft plow on my 5500 4x4 the only way for me to install one is to use a front 2" recieverw/cradel for the winch. Also go to the dealer and look under rhe front bumper..you got to get a very very good fab. guy for that job..30K thats a monster. If you use a snach block your at 60K thats 4.5 times the weight of your rig. can you say blocks and a ship anchor.. :cool2:

each wrap of the winch spool drops the effective pull by upwards of 40%, thus a 12k winch with a full wrap can only yield appprox 7500k. No good for a rig with a wt of 12500lb sitting still. As far as the build out...very easy with compitent fab shops...firefighting and gov rigs have them all the time...extend and attach steel to frame rails, build a platform, add live hydraulics (already complete) and go...

each wrap of the winch spool drops the effective pull by upwards of 40%, thus a 12k winch with a full wrap can only yield appprox 7500k. No good for a rig with a wt of 12500lb sitting still. As far as the build out...very easy with compitent fab shops...firefighting and gov rigs have them all the time...extend and attach steel to frame rails, build a platform, add live hydraulics (already complete) and go...

The mount of the plow was the thing i was talking about,, proximity to the bumper and frame mount in combination with the winch.. after you get your plow you will understand. NICE FRIGGEN TRUCK>>:ro)

Hey Mud Guts,

Nice truck. So how are you liking it? I like the bins. Your winch issue with the reduction is really not an issue. It is common on any winch. Just use a snatch block. you will have plenty of pull out power power as long as you have enough cable. I like the truck. Not many 4x4's out there. I like it.

TechProf

sweeeeet!