2 inch receiver extension with hinge for your rear Winch.
10-12-2009 | 08:57 AM
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2 inch receiver extension with hinge for your rear Winch.
2 inch receiver extension with hinge for your rear Winch.
This is do-it-yourself so your dominations may very and as I have no way to test this for load capacity I make no guaranties that it will work for you. I got this rear mounted 8000lbs winch at Harbor Freight for $299.00 plus the receiver plate for $39.99 plus extra parts. I quickly realized that I needed an extension to clear the tailgate plus it would be a pain to have to remove and unplug the winch to open it. My local trailer supply store had a receiver extension for just over $100.00. That was just too much and it did not solve the problem of opening the tailgate. So I look around found no hinges on the internet or stores. I then got creative and came up with this idea for making a hinge that would serve my needs.
Hinge 1 Blue print for my 2 inch extension hinge. Your dominations may very and as I have no way to test this for load capacity I make no guaranties that it will work for you.
Hinge 2 Original parts I got at Harbor Freight Tools for a total of $21.00.
Hinge 3 Parts as I got them back from a local machine shop he charged me 1 hr labor $60.00.
Hinge 4 Close up top.
Hinge 5 Close up of bottom.
Hinge 6 On Jeep notice that one can not open the tailgate.
Hinge 7 Passenger view.
Hinge 8 With quick pin removed.
Hinge 9 Now it is easy to open the tailgate.
See my website at http://www.choclines.net/jeep.htm
This is do-it-yourself so your dominations may very and as I have no way to test this for load capacity I make no guaranties that it will work for you. I got this rear mounted 8000lbs winch at Harbor Freight for $299.00 plus the receiver plate for $39.99 plus extra parts. I quickly realized that I needed an extension to clear the tailgate plus it would be a pain to have to remove and unplug the winch to open it. My local trailer supply store had a receiver extension for just over $100.00. That was just too much and it did not solve the problem of opening the tailgate. So I look around found no hinges on the internet or stores. I then got creative and came up with this idea for making a hinge that would serve my needs.
Hinge 1 Blue print for my 2 inch extension hinge. Your dominations may very and as I have no way to test this for load capacity I make no guaranties that it will work for you.
Hinge 2 Original parts I got at Harbor Freight Tools for a total of $21.00.
Hinge 3 Parts as I got them back from a local machine shop he charged me 1 hr labor $60.00.
Hinge 4 Close up top.
Hinge 5 Close up of bottom.
Hinge 6 On Jeep notice that one can not open the tailgate.
Hinge 7 Passenger view.
Hinge 8 With quick pin removed.
Hinge 9 Now it is easy to open the tailgate.
See my website at http://www.choclines.net/jeep.htm
Last edited by realjeep; 01-27-2010 at 01:43 PM.
