Mounted my Hi Lift

[Teddy]

Picked me up a cheap knock off Hi Lift (actually Justin aka alwaysoutdoor did) and Mike used his superior welding skills to help me find the perfect mounting location.

I have the Warn Tire carrier, very nice, very strong, but Warn failed to put a Hi Lift mounting location on it. I guess they figured you don't need one if you buy there winch.
closed
http://img231.echo.cx/img231/7562/imgp23993fu.jpg
Opened
http://img70.echo.cx/img70/8284/imgp24034kz.jpg
Mike Ward's welding perfection
http://img70.echo.cx/img70/7629/imgp24040vl.jpg
close up of Mike's weld
http://img231.echo.cx/img231/7304/imgp24076ky.jpg

[alwaysoutdoors]

That's a nice piece of engineering Mike and Teddy.

[mawardjr]

It was fun. It was my first time at melting someone else's steel so I was a little nervous but I think it turned out okay.

FYI - it was a small section of 1/4" plate that we used and the bolts were 1/2" (I think).

[Paul E]

Is the other nut to hold on the jack a wingnut or do you need a tool to get the jack free from the mount? If you welded one end of the bolt on, a wingnut should hold it on pretty well (both ends).

[Landon]

That looks great guys! And you said you only HAD a welder Mike.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Teddy]

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Is the other nut to hold on the jack a wingnut or do you need a tool to get the jack free from the mount? If you welded one end of the bolt on, a wingnut should hold it on pretty well (both ends).

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Both the top and the bottom are secured with wingnuts. It requires no tools to remove and can be removed with out removing the spare.