Did you get around to looking at that cradle? I've seen one before and it looked pretty tough but wouldn't be too hard to me. I will need a cradle when I get a winch for mine eventually.
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I did some looking about a month ago for a chassis rail winch mount. (search for thread).
TJM are soldout and have told me they will do another manufacturing run mid July. Around $250. They are taking orders now.
Brittish offroad at the sunshine coast QLD can get a discreet winch mount shipped from the UK for about the same $$$ in 8-10 weeks.
Hope this helps.
Heres where I originally bought mine from, do them for the D1 and D2, its a Bearmach part, so maybe a Bearmach distributor in AUS ?
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I'm making up one as we speak for my Defender, but the principle is exactly the same. Length of thick plate, angle grinder, a few folds and a welder. I'll post pictures later.
Better late than never....
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...ml#post1275588
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...010/06/608.jpg