Winch bumper

Hi,

I was looking for a winch bumper to suite husky superwinch and found one on eBay. Duly bought it but it turn out to be stainless. Fits and looks ok but not sure how the material is compared to steel.

It isn't as thick as the steel ones so not sure if it will be strong enough.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this. Also I don't k the grade of the stainless.

Paul.

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In that application it is fine as long as its a good gauge of steel. Stainless is more brittle than mild steel and a lot harder.

How thick is it? As long as its over 5mm then its going to be pretty strong.

You certainly will not have any corrosion problems!!

Building a bumper out of stainless is a lot of money!

This is the bumper, I have decided that it just won't be thick enough. It's only 3 mm so have decided to fold section of steel and insert it behind the stainless.

Should look ok from the outside but will now be more than strong enough.

But having said that as I am writing this it has just occurred to me if I do that I have essentially built another bumper.

Hmmmm.

tig weld in a couple of strengtheners if you really want, it looks home made or if not well used

Yeah it's home made and probably well used. It was however a little less straight than it is now. Done some bashing with the big hammer and the anvil.

if you wanted you could just chop out the centre and make a winch tray or add strengtheners to the middle section, make it up to 6mm and it should be fine IMO

Where are you located? I can weld stainless and put a couple of strengtheners in for you if needed. It really depends on how the metal has been formed and welded as to whether it needs reinforcing. As an example, if I take a sheet of 0.8mm steel flat and stand on it then it will bend, if I put a fold on opposing edges of 10mm it will support my weight.

You may be panicking over nothing!

Well for example if I pull at the front I can bend it in and out with ease. If I try to winch anything it will just bend the bottom up.

Decided today it's good for a template. Got some 6mm plate bent for the sides and the winch tray. Will see what I can do next week and get the new one welded up.

This way I can incorporate eyes for winching back to myself etc.

I'll take some pictures of how I get on.

The progress is going ok with the new build bumper. The welding has pulled it a little nothing a good push against a big rock won't sort though.

I was wondering about any bracing inside and I also noticed two more brackets that sit under the current one I have. I am not sure how they bolt to exactly.

Is that the original bumper that the tray is welded to?

It's a completely new build, all from 6m plate. It's allot stronger.