4 lower portion 310 and upper portion 350 are preferably welded steel components of suitable thickness e g u215c u2033 hot rolled steel lower portion 310 is securable to the utility vehicle 39 s lower framework generally designated as 50 as illustrated in fig2 a and the exploded view of fig2 b more particularly utility vehicle 10 comes factory equipped with a plurality of mounting brackets or plates lower portion 310 may be conveniently fastened to these existing brackets or plates with general reference to fig2 25 26 a amp 26 b lower portion 310 includes geometrically congruent left and right arms 312 and 314 which are parallel to one another and extend downwardly from a base platform 316 a plurality of mounting plates span between left and right arms 312 and 314 a winch mounting plate 318 spans between upper left arm portion 313 and upper right arm portion 315 a plurality of mounting holes 319 are formed through plate 318 so that it can accept a winch accessory as described below with reference to fig2 a spanning between left and right elbow portions 321 and 323 respectively is a first vehicle mounting plate 320 having associated mounting holes 325 as shown in fig2 the vehicle 39 s under body 50 includes a first forwardly disposed under carriage mounting bracket 52 that is provided with longitudinally extending mounting holes 51 and transversely extending mounting holes 53 longitudinal mounting holes 51 are alignable with mounting holes.