[wrboy89]

hey there i starded building my winch bar on friday after noon it is pretty well finished now bar couple little odds an end its houses my tigerz 11 6000pound winch it took alot longer than antisipated mainly because i made templates off every single bracket and guesset i made for other poeple to use iff they wish her is some pics

[DarkHorse]

Not bad mate.

Thought about sheeting in the wings? In front of the winch as well come to think of it. Number plate?

[wrboy89]

hahahahhahah yeh i have the number plate that sits just above the fair lead i bolted it on after this pic was taken and i do wana put those wing plates in so i can fit fog light to it i ran out off time this week end unfortunately

[wrboy89]

i wont completely plate the wings though :/

[Mike_B]

Yeah I like that one, any idea how much it weighs? I might be interested in making a copy, is it possible to send copies of the templates via internet?

[larry]

looks nice and strong good work! i reckon you should cover the wings and infront of the winch with mesh

[fordem]

Is it my imagination - or - is that winch hanging below the mounting plate? That would not be the strongest way to mount it.

[DarkHorse]

Reckon you're imagining it - have a look at how it's built (pre-fitting cradle and paint shot with it off the car)

[wrboy89]

Mike_B wrote:

Yeah I like that one, any idea how much it weighs? I might be interested in making a copy, is it possible to send copies of the templates via internet?

all my templates are made out of tin atym i spose i could auto cad them to send via net when i get another decent computer bud

[wrboy89]

fordem wrote:

Is it my imagination - or - is that winch hanging below the mounting plate? That would not be the strongest way to mount it.

nah its above i cheated though started with a tigers 11 winch cradle and built the bar from that im confident there is plenty of strength

[wrboy89]

DarkHorse wrote:

Not bad mate.

Thought about sheeting in the wings? In front of the winch as well come to think of it. Number plate?

cheers mate i will do something with the wings im not happy with this bar though i didnt stiffen the top while welding and i can see i slight bow in it every one tells me they cant see it though

[huxlee]

Looking good. Saw this on FB the other day

[wrboy89]

huxlee wrote:

Looking good. Saw this on FB the other day

getting there bud hey man is that your orange vit do u have a build thread on it

[wrboy89]

another pic ill be fabricating my fuel drum holder of the rear bar soonish ill post pics once done (the mrs thinks she owns the car there )

[Scrawny]

Hmmmm..... considering embarking on the same thing. Just trying to get some ideas together first. Looks good!

[wrboy89]

Scrawn wrote:

Hmmmm..... considering embarking on the same thing. Just trying to get some ideas together first. Looks good!

it took me ages to getting around to building mainly cause i didnt know how i wanted to do it then one day it was just in my head

[Charlie Brown]

Nice bar what offset are those rims and what's yr tyre size they look mean

[wrboy89]

50 mm offset I'm pretty sure and 30x 9.5 have a look in getting rid of stuff I always see em for sale bud

[Charlie Brown]

Yeah not much stuff in SA man that's mad -50 do u get much rubbing?

[wrboy89]

I had to do a gaurd job an really role on the front guards

[Charlie Brown]

Okey dokey thanks mate

[wrboy89]

now to fab a smal hoop to protect the light bar

[Nick.storm]

Hey, nice looking bar! I'm looking at doing something similar.. Is that 2 inch tube steal? What wall thickness did you go with?

[wrboy89]

Nah bud it's 40mm od and 3mm wall thickness I just brought a 6m length and had enough left over to do one slider need another 3 Mtr length

[Nick.storm]

Sick that's helpful

[wrboy89]

We're are u located bud I work at a ship yard in Brisbane we have a man dual bender here if u need a hand so I don't have to use a piece off shit press bender anymore

[Nick.storm]

Lucky you! I'm in Sydney so maybe a little at away. I've got a press bender and and a day off on Friday so I'll see how I go
Cheers though

[got_bar_work]

Press benders are good for doing long sweeping bends like my bar
just do like 6 pumps every 50mm

[Nick.storm]

I'm glad to hear it! How do they go with the tight bend you have done on the corner of your bar where it follows the corner of the car? I'm totally new to bending metal though I've done a fair bit of metal work

[got_bar_work]

The ones on the corners ar big sweeping bends