I have a Montero and I would like to get some sort of (not fancy)lightweight steel bumper for the front and rear which has some sort of built in cavity where a winch could be optionally mounted in the front or the rear. Something like a reasonably light 4 or 6" channel iron bumper and having the winch mounted on a carrier with either one or two 2" square tube hitch mounts located at the rear of the bumper to allow for easy removal to be relocated to the front or rear. In all my searching I haven't found anything nearly similar and was wondering why something like that hasn't been designed. So in fact the front bumper would act as a "garage" for the winch to be used in that location or from the rear. Another option would be to have some sort of articulating plate mounted under the bumper which could be used to attach and articulate the winch in situations where the direction of pull wasn't directly in front, so the winch could actually "swung" one direction or another to assure a straight line pull.
It doesn't make sense to me to have a permanently mounted winch on the front, because if you got yourself in a situation where you needed a winch, most likely you would want to be pulled out from the direction you came from and not the direction you are going. Having an option would be golden.
If I knew how to weld, I'd build one myself, but alas I have to see if anyone else had similar ideas? I've searched and have found nothing.
It doesn't make sense to me to have a permanently mounted winch on the front, because if you got yourself in a situation where you needed a winch, most likely you would want to be pulled out from the direction you came from and not the direction you are going. Having an option would be golden.
If I knew how to weld, I'd build one myself, but alas I have to see if anyone else had similar ideas? I've searched and have found nothing.