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Originally Posted by ryanroo

There is an M12000 on the local CL that has been baiting me lately.... haha

Do it!! The 715 needs a winch!!

Originally Posted by ryanroo

Looks good, as always.

Thanks man!!

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice work on the winch and mounting it! I have always been leery of the 4 3/8" bolts that my 8500lb winch is secured with. I was going to try to put bigger bolts in it but was afraid it would mess with the strength of the base of the winch. It's always worked fine, just scares me.

Thanks!! Yeah, the way different winches are mounted was quite surprising to me. Warn's commercial frame winches are all face mount winches, whereas some of the lighter winches are foot mount units. I don't think I'd want to do a full pull on this thing with the bolts in a shear configuration. But, even at that, how about an 8500 in a foot mount configuration--all of the stress is on those holes in the aluminum casting. Seems sketchy at best, but then you look at the performance history and very few failures must occur because they are still made that way.

Originally Posted by Average Joe

Slick install. Looks like it could have been a factory option.

Thanks!!