Truck bumper and cable winch unit

A bumper and cable winch unit comprising a horizontal bumper adapted to extend transversely in spaced relation ahead of the frame of a truck, means to rigidly secure the bumper to the front end of the truck frame, a support fixed in the zone between the bumper and the front end of the truck frame, a power-driven cable winch disposed in such zone and mounted on the support, the winch including a drum having a cable wound thereon, the bumper having an opening therethrough directly ahead of the drum, the cable upon unwinding from the drum passing through the opening and extending therefrom as a working reach, transversely spaced cable guide means mounted in such opening and adapted for engagement, in direction-changing relation, by the cable passing through said opening, the cable guide means being positioned to permit the working reach of the cable to run laterally, in one direction or the other, from such guide means to a corresponding end of the bumper, and vertical-axis sheaves journaled on the ends of the bumper and each sheave being positioned to receive said laterally-running working reach of the cable and turn such reach to run rearwardly, from said corresponding end of the bumper, alongside the truck.