Winch Mount Build

So this is my 98 Tacoma that I use as my hunting truck. It has 325,000 miles with original motor and tranny. I have had this Warn 8274 winch for about 2 years now and finally decided to put it on the ole Yota. Not wanting to spend a ton of money I decided to take matters in my own hands and weld together a mount(Spent a total of $38 for the steel). Tell me what y'all fellas think. I need to cut out a hole for the cable and mount the roller. This is what it looks the project looked like and the final outcome(without the roller).

 

Gotta love the welding and cutting in shorts !!

I can see one thing it will only effect who is around the truck.

Lots of sharp corners left on your fabrication nothing like being in a hurry and catch your inner thigh on one of those corners or your head if your coming out from under the truck.

 

I kinda like mounting the winch like you would a trailer hitch ball, that way you can just put it in the box when you don't need it and it can be used at either end. A hitch mount looks a lot cleaner as well.

 

Yeah I agree with y'all. It was just a measure once kind of job. As long as it works I'm good with it!