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Finished! Finally finished the bumper. Stored my J-hooks and chains on the drivers side and a heavy tow chain on the passenger side.

I'm back at it today. I mounted the high lift jack to the bumper. I don't know why the picture is upside down. I tried to fix it and even took another picture but it loads it upside down.

What problems have you encountered?

Sorry I didn't respond till now. I must not have read your comments originally. As you can see in the attached photo you need a minimum of 6 1/2" to fit the winch. Plus the steel thickness. My 8" square tubing is 1/4" thick so I have 7 1/2 " to work with inside the bumper.

I'm done for the weekend. I'll post more pictures when I continue the work. I still have to; Cap the ends. Grind off some welding splatter. Take it off so I can prime and paint it. Reinstall it. Plumb the winch and wire in the controls.

Not too shaby.

Sufficiently over engineered. I don't think I'll need any bracing at the frame.

Tack welded the frame mounts. I'll be able to reuse the bumper supports too.

My wife convinced me to put the (slightly modified) brush guard into the project. She's right. It will look good. I'll weld it up once I get some argon.

Added a set if HMMWV shackles.

Of course I just ran out of shielding gas on the MIG welder and the local welding shop is closed until Monday.

Truck1 thats a nice setup.

A few angles...

2 2 1/4 holes for the ends of the fair lead opening. Connect them with a cut off wheel. I'll dress up the opening with the grinder but no one will see it behind the fair lead.

Got the winch mounted/bolted into the bumper. Enough for today. I'll continue over the July 4th weekend. I'll have to cut out the cable opening and mount the fair lead next.

Plenty of room in there.

I'm going to start fabricating a new front bumper for my M1028A3 Wrecker today. It will have a hydraulic Milemarker 10,500 lb winch mounted in it running off the power steering pump. I will also build a pocket into each side to store some chains. The bumper will be made from a 76" piece of 8"...