Hello Jim,
The foot step area is too small to mount a winch, plus its not strong enough to support that kinda pulling power. I highly recommend using a WARN ZEON Multimount Carrier Winch Carrier Part Number: WAR89990 and WARN ZEON 10 Recovery Winch Part Number: WAR88990 this way you can remove the winch from the rear hitch when not in use. I hope that helps. Thank you for the question.