X,
Will your scrammy still wheelie with the winch there as well? My friend put one on the front bumper and the thing will not wheelie to say it's life. It has a TEAM Roller along with bk/wht Dalton and voilet AAEN spring in it, too. Mine with only the bk/wht and violet will wheelie all day long. I absolutely will not put a winch up front due to the weight it gives and the lack of being able to loft the front end.

 

my scrammy is a wheelie monster. the weight of the winch has not effected performance at all. technically, the warn 1.5 only 11 lbs with steel cable spooled up. with synthetic line its even lighter. i recommend it.

 

When I had my Scrambler, I borrowed X's idea for the hidden mount. I cut a little hole for the freespool, just big enough for a finger. My didn't look nearly as clean, but it sure did save my tail a LOT of times.

 

with the winch mounted up high did you have to do and reinforcing?

 

I used a 1/4" plate steel bolted to the frame, and 2 little pieces of angle iron to hold the fairlead. X has very good pictures if you ask nice

 

i thought those scrams were so fast and nimble they just flew over all the naste stuff and never got stuck.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

sometimes a sportsman gets stuck in front of you and you have to hit the brakes. Thats when a winch comes in handy [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

know you said that wrong, you mean gets buried out of sight lol. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

 

thats when you know you're having fun isn't it?

 

yep, said it brother. to me getting stuck is the most fun. lol.