MY APOLOGIES! I just noticed that the video goes dark for 50 seconds between 9:23 and 10:13. I'll take a look into that after work, but I don't think anything critical is missed. Also, the audio level got screwed up, too. Thanks for understanding!

This is exactly what I am thinking about doing - watching for the finished project!

Audio level!! Jeezus

I respect the "I'll get it done" attitude. Lost on most these days.

This is the next thing I want to add to my bronco

Great job, and I look forward to seeing the finished project. I have looked at this mounting solution from Rough Country and I like the idea of it being tucked up out of the way. I have the standard bumper but trimming the frame extensions has me waiting for now.

Thank you for the video; I appreciate you sharing your ideas, especially when you reveal that this Rough Country Winch Mount and Skid Plate won’t fit the number one Bronco that people would want to buy it for (the Badlands). I already knew about this winch and skid plate showing attached to a different bumper other than the heave duty steel modular bumper that comes on the badlands, but I just figured they fit the same. I really thought this was the answer for Ford's screw-up of covering up either the Camera or the Radar to have a winch. I was going to purchase this kit before I got my Bronco; hopefully in December, but now I will just wait to see about building my own mount for the winch behind the skid plate. Someone else mentioned; on the 2.7L a component sits where the winch will mount. Thanks, you saved me.

Thanks for the video. Under no circumstances would I be willing to do this with my bronco, I'll be waiting for a badlands compatible underbody mounting option, but I thank you for sacrificing your bronco to show me the rough country package isn't for me.

Quick question about your bronco, after you installed the winch…did you find that it would be a good idea to do a lift on the front, to compensate for the weight of the winch? Thanks for the educational video. Gary Helena, MT

Question. At 12:25 you talk about the spacer under the intercooler below the rubber. What is that spacer for? Couldn’t we just do away with it? I can’t seem to figure it out in their less than stellar instructions.

Angle grinder w/a cutoff wheel would have been a smooth choice.

watched all three of your videos on this winch. Outstanding engineering & presentation! Looking forward to seeing more from you. I am curious how you would feel a roller fairlead would fit on the factory skid plate instead of the fairlead you have?

You’re a legend for taking this on AND posting a video. Does the angle of the fairlead concern you? Wish it was straight out the front vs downward facing.

Way cool

56 God I Am so weak from torture/testing non stop for yrs & partial paralysis I esp can't hardly walk w/tripping on slightest uneven ground I fell, duh. I had the weedeatter in my hands & jt hit. When I got son to restart same as me b4 running no trigger. Well only weed eater we hve so started using few days & u knew what I fell into a great design this time I didn't think it up in 5sec just commenting on utube video. U see it idles at perfect speed NOW yet u can still touch tigger peddle on car then it goes back. I can't hardly bend so pull starting is a drag, so w/adding pre cut strings great design. B4 pre cut string heads back in day I would never ever weed eat. Now not a bad job bc great design.

Would be nice if it was plug and play with no sawing

I just upgraded my bronco with the modular steel bumper like yours has however, the brackets that hold the skid plate in place are different. Mine had the tow hood attached and it doesn’t appear yours do. It looked like there was a QR code on the side of those brackets. Any chance you could see if it’s the part number and comment what the part number is? Thanks!

Do you have the 2.7 and if so did you have to relocate the inter cooler?

My only wonder is will you be doing serious enough off roading to need this. The badlands already has front and rear locking diffs and sway bar disconnect. I think I will use mine for a while and see how often I get stuck before cutting the framing.

At 6:02 you show the intercooler and there is a small black plastic cover (looks like a black 3x5 card in the middle if the intercooler), what is that? Is that a sensor of any kind? Are their any wires going to that from behind?

Does your Badlands have a 2.3 motor . The site states that it will not work on 2.7

So you don't have a 2.7 Bronco. I have the same setup, but unfortunately a 2.7, which has a heat exchanger right wear the winch would go. I went with the Harbor Freight Apex 12k synthetic winch instead. I know that they say to use a Sawzall, but that was probably not the best way to get those plates out. It's just cosmetic though and no one will ever see the scratches anyway.

Do you think it will be an issue no being able to access the spool clutch?

What are those framer extenders usually used for?

Do you have the I-4 or the 2.7 v-6? i have been looking at the same kit, but it reads will not work on the 2.7. i have the same bumper and skid plate, but a 2.7. i was thinking down the same path you did, but the warning that it will not work on the 2.7 has me worried.

How hard is it to access the switch for free-spooling the winch line?

have you been lifting weights

Do that come for rangers?