I have a 03 Praire 650 with a Warn 2.5 winch, but most of time when we are riding we use straps to pull each other out (quicker and easier). However when getting pulled out from the front I don't like hooking into my winch hook. But there is nowhere very good to hook up to. Does anybody make loops or hooks solid enough to use for pulling? Or does anybody have a homemade fix for this issue.

 

I welded a steel loop to winch mount plate. It was a clevis that I cut part of it off so I was left with a U shaped piece that I welded on. It is in an excellent spot to yank on, it doesn't hit the trail, it is strong, and you don't notice it. I have a Warn A2500 (the old kind), but I think that you can do the same thing.

 

I don't own a winch, & my big Prairie has never been stuck, but the little one, has a reciever on the front, that I made a heavy aluminum, draw bar, with a hole big enough for a good sized screw clevis... we've used the 'lil Prairie for dragging through 1st runs, through the mud pits, at mud bog races, & the front clevis works well...