Posted by Jerry in Idaho on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 at 10:02:34 :
A few forums back someone had a question about shimming the mounting brackets on a Braden MU2 winch for mounting on a W500. I was under the impression the W500 used an MSU-3 winch, which is a 10000 winch with vertical faces on the mounting surfaces instead of the sloped faces as on the MU-2. On page 70 of "Dodge Power Wagons 1940-1980 Archive", there is a close-up of what is clearly an MU-2 on a W500. It's evident that the angle iron mounting system can be modified to work with the MSU-3, but it seems the oringinal factory unit was MU-2. There aren't very many of these trucks around to compare and view, so it makes it difficult to determine original equipment. JH
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