LOD Shorty bumper and Badlands Apex winch install

[Stan H]

Side note, that skid is excellent for collecting mud and rocks and I found an arrow head in mine

I found a 500,000 year old piece of limestone lots of times in mine.
Okay yes that is quite unique. But if an arrowhead is ever found by me after being or while on a site no one will ever know about it ever.

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[White Eagle]

I found a 500,000 year old piece of limestone lots of times in mine.
Okay yes that is quite unique. But if an arrowhead is ever found by me after being or while on a site no one will ever know about it ever.

My ranch has massive flint deposits and is covered up with different stages and makings of Native American artifacts. I’m guessing it was caught up in a little mud and got thrown in there.

One of my springs flows into a bowl the natives carved into the rock before it overflows into the riverbed and there are several big mounds a little up the hill from it. I even found buttons off of union uniforms in the pile. its remote as heck and very isolated. We have found much more that will remain secret for sure. I can confirm the natives in this spot came in contact with at least 3 Spanish expeditions over various time spans.

It is an excellent spot with caves and grottos and maybe someday peoples will find my caches of goods.

I had just cleaned some leaves out so it is muddy.

 

[Neomonk21]

I thought Aux 3 and 4 were only 15 amps, while 1 and 2 are 40 amps. I would assume you'd want higher amps for a winch, or am I wrong ? I don't have a winch, just thinking out loud...

I didn't have the factory aux switches so I installed the Lasfit aftermarket switches. I believe all four switches are 30 amps. Also, you probably can't run a winch directly off the aux switches since winches can pull upwards of 400 amps. I wired my aux switch to a battery isolator relay. The aux button just turns the relay on, which basically makes a direct connection between the battery and the winch. The winch comes with a manual switch you can install so you can disconnect from the battery. I did it this way so I could turn it on and off from within my cab.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I didn't have the factory aux switches so I installed the Lasfit aftermarket switches. I believe all four switches are 30 amps. Also, you probably can't run a winch directly off the aux switches since winches can pull upwards of 400 amps. I wired my aux switch to a battery isolator relay. The aux button just turns the relay on, which basically makes a direct connection between the battery and the winch. The winch comes with a manual switch you can install so you can disconnect from the battery. I did it this way so I could turn it on and off from within my cab.

Did you get both sides of the LasFit, and if so, how was the fit and finish on that?

 

[Neomonk21]

Did you get both sides of the LasFit, and if so, how was the fit and finish on that?

No, just the 4-button side since my Mojave already had a switch for the rear locker. Fit and finish is awesome and I am super happy with it. Install wasn't bad at all. I took my time and went slow and it all came together nicely.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

No, just the 4-button side since my Mojave already had a switch for the rear locker. Fit and finish is awesome and I am super happy with it. Install wasn't bad at all. I took my time and went slow and it all came together nicely.

Already have the Mopar Aux switches but want to add the red side to get all the winch and locker switches off that side. Thanks.

 

[techteacher]

Hope that bumper continues to have great adventures. Here it is before I sold it to B.A. Baracus - Engineer Pass in Colorado. It's been to Moab a couple times and the Colorado high mountain passes - along with countless adventures on the East Coast. @Lod Offroad makes great products and looks like it has held up well!

 

[Neomonk21]

Hope that bumper continues to have great adventures. Here it is before I sold it to B.A. Baracus - Engineer Pass in Colorado. It's been to Moab a couple times and the Colorado high mountain passes - along with countless adventures on the East Coast. @Lod Offroad makes great products and looks like it has held up well!

That's awesome! I can now say (part of) my Jeep has been to Moab! I love the bumper so far. I usually don't go for shorty bumpers but this one had everything I wanted and it looks great in person.

 

[2023Mojave]

Looks great! I got the LOD mid width for mine and the destroyer rear bumper as well. I don’t have a winch yet, but I will. I called LOD before I ordered mine and she said that if I come and pick them up they would be 30% off, brand new. I live in Michigan, they’re in Indiana, my wife needed to travel to Indiana anyway, so I went with and picked them up. They are fantastic people at LOD and I would recommend these bumpers.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I really like my LOD bumper, durable, mounts the winch lower, takes hits.

It has started to rust at the welds though, probably wasn't zinc coated before the top coat went on. Very minor, but something I'll have to address this year.

 

[Glad Newbie]

That looks familiar.

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