I thought that I would toss up a post for people to put any information they have on winch options for our truck. I have seen the Steelcraft and SMA winch designs and have concerns about both. The SMA one is only 8000 lbs, but is internal, the Steelcraft mount is external and can have anything mounted to it. Now we run ito approach angle issues. I thought that the external one would not pose a problem until I was out this weekend. I was hitting the tow hooks into things. If there were a winch on there, we willrin into problems.
Here is the Steelcraft side view pic.
This is it from the bottom
This is the SMA one available this month. It needs a roller fairlead and probably needs a snatchblock to make it functional.
Let us know what you all think of these.