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Having a winch on my Kingquad 300 made me realize i needed to add one to my Quadrunner. But i didn't want to mount it the same as on my KQ. The previous owner had it mounted on the front rack. Looks like it would be easy to do and it works fine. But i still didn't want to mount it the same.
So i took some measurements of the winch on the KQ. Found it would fit behind the front brush gaurd / bumper. Then bought another hf badlands 2500.
I looked around to see what kind of steel i had laying around. Found some 2x2 angle and got to work. Would have been easier if i had some plate steel.
I notched the metal to fit between the bars on the front gaurd. I made two pieces like this. The bars are tapered in so the rear one is slightly narrower.
I basically lined it up with the front plastics. I did this to move the winch back far enough. I trimmed the steel along that line then trimmed the plastic.
I fitted it all together. Cleand the paint and rust off then tacked it together.
I unbolted everything and took it inside to finish welding it. I welded both sides. Then drilled mounting bolt holes for the winch. I painted it and put it back on then installed the winch. It's mounted upside down. But i don't think it matters.
The winch controller fit next to the battery perfect. There was a drain hole under the battery on the right side. I drilled it out larger and ran the wires through. Then in between the two pieces i welded in and connected them to the winch.
It's pretty hard to beat the price of a hf winch. $49 with the coupon. It came with the fairlead bolts cable wires and controller . Like $5 for the mounting plate. And some black rollbar paint i had leftover from another project.
I'm almost done with my Quadrunner. Still need to adjust the valves. Finish the lights. Put everything back together. And clean it.
So i took some measurements of the winch on the KQ. Found it would fit behind the front brush gaurd / bumper. Then bought another hf badlands 2500.
I looked around to see what kind of steel i had laying around. Found some 2x2 angle and got to work. Would have been easier if i had some plate steel.
I notched the metal to fit between the bars on the front gaurd. I made two pieces like this. The bars are tapered in so the rear one is slightly narrower.
I basically lined it up with the front plastics. I did this to move the winch back far enough. I trimmed the steel along that line then trimmed the plastic.
I fitted it all together. Cleand the paint and rust off then tacked it together.
I unbolted everything and took it inside to finish welding it. I welded both sides. Then drilled mounting bolt holes for the winch. I painted it and put it back on then installed the winch. It's mounted upside down. But i don't think it matters.
The winch controller fit next to the battery perfect. There was a drain hole under the battery on the right side. I drilled it out larger and ran the wires through. Then in between the two pieces i welded in and connected them to the winch.
It's pretty hard to beat the price of a hf winch. $49 with the coupon. It came with the fairlead bolts cable wires and controller . Like $5 for the mounting plate. And some black rollbar paint i had leftover from another project.
I'm almost done with my Quadrunner. Still need to adjust the valves. Finish the lights. Put everything back together. And clean it.