Winch Bumper - 2 holes - anyone explain??

Hi all,

Managed to pick myself up a winch bumper, so going to be playing around with it, adding a bull bar and light guards etc to it - basically merging it with my existing wrap around bull bar...

But it has two slots on the front for the winch, and just wondered why it has the smaller slot at the top?



Any ideas - just this winch lark is a complete new venture to me....

Spotlights maybe?

Nah, not those holes - sorry might not have explained correctly.

Its the slot above where the winch rope would come out from...have circled it in yellow...

some winches spool out higher then others maybe?

Doesn't it depend on which way you wind the rope/wire onto the spool - under or over?

Good answers guys - like I say - I am a newbie when it comes to winches so just trying to gain a bit more knowledge, as someone is bound to ask me when I have it fitted, and would be nice to give a 'correct' answer.

Just got to find some money to buy a winch

Yea, some winches can spool 'over or under'
Also loos like it would fit a warn 8274 aswell?

Warn's are well out of my price range - plus I won't be using it that much - more of a fail safe, just in case set up.

Been looking at this...

ELECTRIC WINCH 13000lb 12V SYNTHETIC ROPE WINCHMAX | eBay

But I am a long way off buying anything yet

if you put a roller fairlead on, it'd probaly blank off the other hole.
then there'll be no awkward questions.

or buy a metal plate with the words "affix shogun here"

Buy a second hand husky

royalpythons said:

or buy a metal plate with the words "affix shogun here":d

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:d :d

I think that's the hole to see how are you pulling in your winch cable or rope. Sometimes with bull bar and spotlights is hard to see how are you going with it, so there's a hole above the roller or hawse fairlead.