How big is too big?

[onebadc20]

How big of winch is too big. I have a warn winch that came off from a crain hoist. Being a vertical lift winch the rating is 3000lbs. But it looks a lot bigger than any 3000lb straight line winch I have ever seen. It probably weighs 50lbs and is 18" wide. Will this be too heavy to mount on a body band? I'm afraid it might do damage to the body when bouncing through the woods. What do you guys think?
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[Roger S]

For your Attex? It's too big. Sell it to an argo 8 owner who drools over that huge spool of wire, and has all the steel reinforcement of the argo brackets.

[jeffery9076]

winch mount

bruisers_winch_mount_2 - Amphibious ATV Pictures i stood on my winch mount before winch installed body band holds it real good

[garbie]

I run a warn works 4700 on my bigfoot (its about 40 lbs). The previous owner had it mounted to a reciever and that to a poorly made top/bodyband. It was out in front a good ways and created a lot of leverage on it. It eventually broke some welds just from driving down the road and flexing the bodyband. I had to rework top/bodyband and got it tucked in where the factory argo winch sits. Even then I wasn't happy with the strength and added two more braces back to the top. Now its tough as nails and I have no fear of it breaking. I would be extremely concerned just mounting to the body band, especially with that heavy of a winch. A steel body band would be probably ok, but thats my opinion, I like super strong.