I guess I should explain...
I too am planning for a new front bumper w/ winch (Shrock to be put up for sale afterwards). However after reading GrandpaX and Cyclemut talk about connecting the winch to the frame I started rethinking. Since my X is buried in snow and it's subzero temps out, I trying to see what's there to work with. Surely a heavy bumper is not attached to the horns by just a few bolts to the horn's face plate. That's why I wanted close up pics.
I saw GraniteX put plating on either side of the horns, ran a bolt and did some welding to relieve the stress on the horns. I'm curious about how thick the plate was and the placement of the bolt(s).
Unlike GrandpaX and Cyclemut's solution of cutting the horn end's off, I'm hoping not to have to cut away to rebuild. I don't have the engineering/mechanical skills they have...wish I did.