Bud Built Hidden Winch

Thanks Eric. .....
Dear Steve :

We will email you tracking numbers when they ship!

Thank you for your business - we appreciate it very much. Your invoice is attached.

Sincerely,
Shannon
Budbuilt Inc
 
do you guys have these mounts in stock? if i were to place an order for one would it be able to ship relatively soon?
thanks in advance and love your product!!!
 
t-jacker said:
do you guys have these mounts in stock? if i were to place an order for one would it be able to ship relatively soon?
thanks in advance and love your product!!!
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Who are you talking about? Me?

I just placed a order for my winch mounts. That was my email confirmation. Btw, 5th Gen is in stock, 4th Gen is not. It's in production. So that's why I placed my order :)
 
ebg18t said:
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Since budbuilt kept telling me it was almost ready since April and nothing was actually ready till October ....
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April to October, OMG. The website says usually ships in 1-4 weeks. It's been two weeks for me, I hope the website is correct!
 
ebg18t said:
It bolts to the frame via 6 of the 8 bolts that hold the front crossmember to the frame. The 2 u-bolts give it extra support.
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So it slides between the frame and the front bumper cross member? I went to check Bud's site, but not much info or pictures.
 
When mine comes we'll have a full write up. Also will be confirming how this will play out with a curt mfg front hitch receiver and train horns lol and a winch in that area lol. 20# of xxxx, in a 5# bag anyone :)
 
CAN-03runner said:
So it slides between the frame and the front bumper cross member? I went to check Bud's site, but not much info or pictures.
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I misstated earlier, so let me clarify slightly. It slides inside the front crossmember. There is 1 bolt inside the cross member and 3 on the outside of the cross member. The budbuilt plate attaches to the frame using the inside bolt. The 4th & 5th picture from the top shows the plate inside the crossmember.
 
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ordered mine, and ergo winch already came ;)

tried reaching bud with no luck, hopefully it gets here within a few weeks
 
outrnm said:
ordered mine, and ergo winch already came ;)

tried reaching bud with no luck, hopefully it gets here within a few weeks
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I got hold of them recently (two weeks after my order) and was told "about a week" to get them in (from a cutter or someone, don't remember) and then it takes another week to go through powder coating. That would put it at 4 weeks to ship my order. But I can't say they sounded confident in the estimate.
 
where is everyone mounting the solenoid box with this plate? also is the clutch easy to get to since its all hidden inside the bumper?
 
noshortcuts said:
I got hold of them recently (two weeks after my order) and was told "about a week" to get them in (from a cutter or someone, don't remember) and then it takes another week to go through powder coating. That would put it at 4 weeks to ship my order. But I can't say they sounded confident in the estimate.
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4 weeks does not sound to bad. when i ordered my CBI front hitch it took about that long

outrnm said:
where is everyone mounting the solenoid box with this plate? also is the clutch easy to get to since its all hidden inside the bumper?
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should be easy to get to, you should have a ton of space behind the bumper
 
outrnm said:
ordered mine, and ergo winch already came ;)

tried reaching bud with no luck, hopefully it gets here within a few weeks
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Is there a winch thread somewhere that I can go thru to make my winch choice? Also what ergo model did you go with and why [MENTION=100331]outrnm[/MENTION] ?
 
I'm not sure if outrnm did the same but I picked up the Engo EPF 10,000S for $439 (shipped). The Engo 9,000s was arguably the best tested here: Massive Multi-Winch Shootout - Four Wheeler Magazine. I've also found some good reviews (mostly in jeep forums). It is not one of the two big brands but the shootout, real life reviews, and the really low price that includes synthetic line sealed it for me.
 
Engo was started by the guy that ran MileMarker winches.

I used the Engo 9000 with Synthetic on my Landrover.

I would look at the Warn VR & M series, TJM Stealth Series, Ironman and MileMarker Scouts. Personally I don't trust the Smittybuilts.

WXMan - thanks. Just right for many of us who don't need a full steel bumpers.
 
gshadow325 said:
Thanks Eric. .....
Dear Steve :

We will email you tracking numbers when they ship!

Thank you for your business - we appreciate it very much. Your invoice is attached.

Sincerely,
Shannon
Budbuilt Inc
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Dear Steve :

The FedEx tracking number is 25645346

Thank you for your business - we appreciate it very much. Your invoice is attached.

Sincerely,
Shannon
Budbuilt Inc
828-572-1202

exactly 3 weeks from order to shipping
 
Super thread! Very helpful. As far as the winch goes I will vouch for the Vortex. I have pulled out 2 friends with the one on my Jeep and never had a problem. Also pulled up several shrubs with serious root systems. They come with remote control and that is what I used most of the time.
 
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