[orangeshannon]

hi im thinking about putting my spare winch on my sierra but shes got a alloy bullbar.
i was just wonding what have you guys done to your zooks that have alloy bars?

[Gwagensteve]

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what have you guys done to your zooks that have alloy bars?

Thrown them away.

Alloy isn't really a suitable material for making a winch bar out of. It's hard to ensure enough strength around the mounting holes. Alloy winch bars generally have a steel cradle that mounts to the chassis and the alloy bar fits over it, which seems a bit silly to me.

Personally, I don't think alloy is a suitable material to make a functional bull bar out of at all (winch or not) , but not everyone is concerned about function.

Steve.

[orangeshannon]

yeh if i go down this track i would be doing them winch mounting plates behind it

[Gwagensteve]

It doesn't really matter what the bar is made from in that case.

Steve

[reeceh]

Have a look at jrzooks build. He has a alloy bullbar however the winch cradle is mounted around the front crossmember not in the bar like most steel bars!

[Trypt]

I had an alloy bar 6mm with 8mm mounting plates... held up good till i hit a tree

[Gwagensteve]

It's always around the mounts that's the problem - they want to crack/fracture too easily.

I'd love to see an alloy bar built "properly" - for sure it could be strong enough for a winch bar (and take big hits), but I doubt anyone could afford it.

Steve.

[Trypt]

Gwagensteve wrote:

It's always around the mounts that's the problem - they want to crack/fracture too easily.

I'd love to see an alloy bar built "properly" - for sure it could be strong enough for a winch bar (and take big hits), but I doubt anyone could afford it.

Steve.

Your exactly right! although the wing and post got bent (6mm) even the 8mm mounts just fractured and tore.
I was amazed