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Old 11-05-2008, 11:41 PM
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Front receiver or not?

I want to get a winch for my truck. im not too heavy in to off roading, but I do like it a lot! should I get a receiver and a mount and put my winch on that. also if I do go with the front reciver is there any way to make it less noticable(when I dont have the winch on it). or should I just get the Nissan Frontier Winch Bumper.
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Old 11-06-2008, 11:29 AM
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i'm not a fan of the front receiver winch mount because you loose so much approach angle with it up there. Now if you were to get a Shrockworks front bumper with built in receiver that would work, since it's much higher. I like the versatility of being able to winch from the front and the back. I can't afford either way, so i guess it doesn't matter!
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Old 11-06-2008, 06:36 PM
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i'm not a fan of the front receiver winch mount because you loose so much approach angle with it up there. Now if you were to get a Shrockworks front bumper with built in receiver that would work, since it's much higher. I like the versatility of being able to winch from the front and the back. I can't afford either way, so i guess it doesn't matter!
what do you mean "winch from the front and the back" ? i didnt know you could do that with that bumper.
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what do you mean "winch from the front and the back" ? i didnt know you could do that with that bumper.
you move it from the front hitch receiver to the rear hitch receiver...

???

Was that a trick question?
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you move it from the front hitch receiver to the rear hitch receiver...

???

Was that a trick question?
Looks like someone is confuzzled... lol ...
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Looks like someone is confuzzled... lol ...
lol ya. when you said that you could move it to the rear you were talking about the hitch winch, weren't you? i thought you ment that the shocksworks winch bumper could go from the front to the rear, lol
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oh..haha! yes, I was talking about a hitch mounted winch.
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well I have the front receiver hitch with a winch mounted on it and it has worked fine for me. I have used it to do a variety of things so it has come in quite handy. But you definitely loose aproach angle and it has taken a beating out in front of my truck, but it has served it's purpose and will be replaced with a shrockworks bumper as soon as it arrives.
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well I have the front receiver hitch with a winch mounted on it and it has worked fine for me. I have used it to do a variety of things so it has come in quite handy. But you definitely loose aproach angle and it has taken a beating out in front of my truck, but it has served it's purpose and will be replaced with a shrockworks bumper as soon as it arrives.
how did it take a beating out on the front of your truck?
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how did it take a beating out on the front of your truck?
Well it's the first thing to enter every mud puddle and hit every rock when offroad. It has survived and the winch continues to function, but it can carry 10 lbs of carolina clay i assure you of that.
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