TacoFMS' attempt at a build thread

Thanks Brad! That sure was fast for a relentless bumper to get shipped!! lucked out huh?

went with the engo 9000s. heard good things about it and saw a couple really nice write ups on it from offroad magazines so I figured I would give it a try, plus I couldnt beat the price honestly.

 

Hell yeah. A guy in TN has one and we used it twice on the trip to Harlen in Oct. Only thing I didn't like was the pulling speed. Runs a lil too slow for the times when he was catching up to it. Besides that it worked great.

 

Actually I ordered the DIY kit which ships faster since he doesn't have to get his guys to weld up any of it.

 

Im not too concerned about pulling speed honestly, as long as it is slow and steady that is fine with me. better than fast yet unreliable like some i have seen are. seems like if a winch goes slow there is a considerable amount less strain going on... but maybe i am giving too much credit to the slow speed??

 

Or your mind is catching up with your physical age
Oh when you do the In cab winch controls... Would you be able to do a drawing or write up. I'd like to do and in cab and put the switches next to the cup holder behind the shifter.

 

not doing controls... just an on/off switch for the wireless remote receiver thingy.

oh and you better be extra nice to me because I have in my possession something that you have been waiting to get for your truck! no homo!

 

boom!

 

damn showoff


actually Im just

 

psh, you're the fancy one who's gonna get to control the winch with a key fob lol

 

and your the fancy one with 14 different cameras on your truck!!! plus a quadcopter to scout terrain so you dont have to put miles on your boots!!!

 

you have a point........

 

Straight off the space ship

 

aaaaaahhhhhh now that makes sense. oh you have that special package

very well. i'm guessing the write up is in your thread?

 

there wasn't much of a writeup. even if there was, it'd be a bitch of a time trying to find it in that thread lol.

luckily, it's only 3 wires and a ground. when you crackopen your solenoid box, you'll see 3 wires going to the little plug for the corded remote. follow those down to where they are attached to the solenoid and see which heavy guage cable they correspond to. one will connect the the cable that goes directly to your battery. that is the wire that will go to the on/of switch. beyond that, it will then just connect directly to to the switches that link to the other two. wires. that way when you flip the switch and press in or out, power is coming from the live wire, to the propper side of the solenoid. worst case scenario is that your winch does the opposite of what you tell it to. if that's the case, just switch the terminals of the second and third wires. let me know when you get closer to wanting to do it yourself and i'll see if i can dig up some pictures or draw you a schematic.

 

Looking good in here!


I appreciate the info on the wiring of the in cab winch controls, its one of the next projects on my list.

 

Finally got to head up to Brian's house yesterday and work on the truck. I say finally only because the 886's have been sitting in the tool shed unopened for about 3 or 4 weeks. But long story short, got the 885's and top plates off and the 886's installed. Then had some fun in the road in front of his house respooling the winch.

Thanks again Brian for the help, garage, and friendship! had a great time like always.
It was nice to meet you John, excited to see that truck be built in no time! Just rem all you have to do is let me know and I will try to get back up to Huntsville and help wrench!

Next order of business, I have a set of 885x's and toytec top plates for a full 3" lift(how they advertise them) for sale. Both components have slightly less than 5,000 miles on them. Will be making a for sale thread for them this week when I can get a chance, but those that watch this thread can have a headstart!

 

Your switch plate is crooked. Just sayin'






Truck coming along nicely Justin! You need to update your sig pic!

 

need to get a new pic to be able to update the sig pic... dont have any new good pics.

Went to stoney this past saturday and never even got a camera out. too much of a sloppy muddy mess to worry about photos, just had to concentrate on gettin ourselves out of there!