some updates...

[New_England_Titan]

I've finished with my custom front hitch receiver (rated to 12k #), a 1750W inverter (so hunny will go camping with me), a 9500# T-Max Winch (so hunny won't get to po'd when I get bogged down4-wheeling), and dual Trojan SCS-225 aux batteries to support it all.

Gon fishin'

[New_England_Titan]

of the pics

[cbgb]

WoW looks great,,,now you are ready for anything,,,,,Have fun

[smoketitan]

very nice that is som serious equipment--hope to see you around when I need to be pulled out of the mud---nice wiring also and nice touch with the location of the inverter switch in the kick panel

[dhaessig]

Yery nice!

[phillipyang]

Very nice installation. Someone does quality work

[New_England_Titan]

I appreciate the uplifting comments.

[bestitan]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please list all the web sites from which you got the stuff.

[rrumaner]

I am seriously impressed. I especially like the lights in the lower grill. How did you mount them and who makes them? Where is the switch for them located?

[New_England_Titan]

Both the DTR and Fog Lights are attached directly to the plastic "grill" - the fogs are bolted and the DTRs are simply attached with low-profile tie wraps - it worked out that the fog light bolt sits nicely inside the DTR mounting bracket. The Fog lights are Pilot NAVIGATOR - NV-102 (http://www.pilotautomotive.com/pilot2db.htm) and the DTRs are also Pilot though the pkg is long since gone and I don't have the model number - it is from their mini-series. Both lights are connected to the available switch plates on the dash (see photo).

The front hitch mount is custom built and tested locally - $250.00 rated to 6 ton - I am real pleased with the discreet mounting the shop did while keeping the mount high. Still saving up for the leveling kit...

The winch is a T-Max 9500 w/wireless remote. (http://www.e-winches.com/detail.aspx?ID=675) At the time of purchase, the wich was posted for $449.00 - the next day it flipped to it's current $559.00. Still worth it in my opinion. I have spoken with Mike Stutz from Stutz Industries (the exclusive importer for T-Max) on several occasions to both work through minor issues and get some questions answered - talk about awesome service!! They're service and response time is, imo, among the best. http://stutzindustries.com/

The inverter is a Xantrex ProWatt 1750 which I actually got directly from Xantrex - a replacement for the one I bought from Overtons.com which was defective. Xantrex cross-shipped a replacement the same day I called them. Also good service (it is all about service, right?)

Isolator and Batteries were bought locally at Batteries Plus - the isolator is a Delcotron IGD-140 which is a 4 terminal - the 4th being the alternator excitation terminal. Though every set of instructions I have read (it took me 3 tries to find an inverter that worked) indicates the CS series with 4 terminals is for GM vehicles only, I never did figure out why this one works and no others did - maybe someone more knowledgeable about this topic might chime in explaining the "why". I stopped trying. The batteries are a pair of Trojan SCS-225's that seem to run and run and run - at least with my current draw. I have worked with the winch for upwards of 45 minutes (w/o running the engine) with no noticable performance decrease.

A few more mods to go and we'll be satisfied - yea, right!

[bestitan]

i'm assuming the winch holder is custom?

[New_England_Titan]

The cradle mount is also a T-Max part though it seems to have been pulled from the WEB site(s) - not sure why, though it may have something to do with my assertion to T-Max that this was the one part that seemed less than acceptable wrt weld points - I had the shop cut and re-weld a new receiver on the mount as I didn't feel comfortable that it would pass the 12k# test. This cost me an extra $50.00. Warn makes a new mount that is/should be universal and has a nice feature of a receiver at the output of the bracket http://www.e-winches.com/detail.aspx?ID=438). I have found that generally winches have universal mounting points (10.0" x 4.5") that can be installed on any mfg's cradle mount. Of course you want to double-check before ordering.

[bestitan]

nice! i love your setup!

[oceansize]

did you make the hitch mount. I need 1 badly

[garo1]

very nice, nice job.