Secure and safe mounting of a winch to a vehicle is essential, an incorrect mounting can create much damage to the host vehicle. Kabco have built winch mounting plates that secure the winch and roller fairlead to the vehicle chassis transferring winch load to vehicle. Usually European market vehicles do not have substantial enough bumpers to facilitate electric winches. Typically incorporating in the winch plate design is a facility for front “shunt” removable towing bracket.