[mudpup]

back to the question if I trust welds or not...if I know who did it then yes. For instance I did all the welding on my SOA conversion (basically welding spring perches and axle wrap bar) and this was my first big job welding so I wasn't too sure about how it would hold up. So after some street driving I took it to a local trail and hit the first 2' ledge in 2nd gear about 4krpms, then hit it in 3rd gear. I had several people I trust tell me my welds were good but I still wanted to test them out and they held up. So now I know I can trust my welds.

As for the welded d-ring I would have no problem winching by one.