Update time! It's been a while, sorry for the delay.

I broke my femur in a go-kart accident in late April, and have been out for a while. I wasn't able to drive for 6 weeks, and still haven't been able to do much work on it. It's been a slow process (and basically killed most of my summer plans), but it'll get there!

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Anyways, I found a used winch at a good price so I picked it up. It's a Smittybilt X2O 12,000 lb, with synthetic line and a wireless remote. I never intended to get a 12k, but for $300, I don't see why not.

With the help of a few friends (mostly them doing the work and me telling them how to), we were able to get it installed and spooled!

The solenoid is basically just sitting behind the grill, still waiting on a better spot to put it. I just need to make a bracket to mount it permanently. I ended up routing the wireless on/off switch inside, but unfortunately do not have pictures. It works well- flip the switch, turn on the remote, and it spins!

With the Addicted bumper, it's a suuuper tight fit. I had to notch the grill in the slightest (if you look closely in the pictures, you can see it at the bottom), but it fits with no major cutting.

I did have to remove the lightbar, as the mounts I welded on a long time ago were in the way. I've got a replacement in the works, as soon as I can weld some new brackets on.

Ignore how dirty the bumper is, it hasn't gotten a wash in a while..




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This past weekend I was about to get out of the house for the first time and went to Great Sand Dunes National Park! This was my 3rd trip here- this time of year is great down there. The creek is flowing decently strong and it isn't too hot yet!