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I use a 3000lb Superwinch to pull my 3250lb Duster on my open trailer. No problem at all.

Raul

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My ATV had a small wench which was 1500 maybe 2000 lbs rated. It pulled my Dakota onto a flat bed open trailer a few times... No problems... if a 3000 wench cant do this, its JUNK.. I would avoid the cheaper harbor freight type wench's.

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Sorry... I've been using the cheap Harbor freight ones
for years.... I did just buy a new one because the
clutch is starting to slip..... cant see buying a
big dollar Warn when it sits MOST of the time

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My ATV had a small wench which was 1500 maybe 2000 lbs rated. It pulled my Dakota onto a flat bed open trailer a few times... No problems... if a 3000 wench cant do this, its JUNK.. I would avoid the cheaper harbor freight type wench's.

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Sorry... I've been using the cheap Harbor freight ones
for years.... I did just buy a new one because the
clutch is starting to slip..... cant see buying a
big dollar Warn when it sits MOST of the time

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Only reason I say this is cause my Father-In-Laws wench on his Yamaha Rhino is J.U.N.K wont even pull a ATV stuck in a mud hole the other day... It's hardly 6 months old..

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My ATV had a small wench which was 1500 maybe 2000 lbs rated. It pulled my Dakota onto a flat bed open trailer a few times... No problems... if a 3000 wench cant do this, its JUNK.. I would avoid the cheaper harbor freight type wench's.

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Sorry... I've been using the cheap Harbor freight ones
for years.... I did just buy a new one because the
clutch is starting to slip..... cant see buying a
big dollar Warn when it sits MOST of the time

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Only reason I say this is cause my Father-In-Laws wench on his Yamaha Rhino is J.U.N.K wont even pull a ATV stuck in a mud hole the other day... It's hardly 6 months old..

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I use to pull my car in backwards all the time with
the cheapo HF unit but now I drive it in... that
cheapo lasted 8 years using it all the time... maybe
he got a bad one

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wont even pull a ATV stuck in a mud hole the other day...

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Does anyone want to go out on a limb and recommend a winch

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I've had and used the 2500 lb Super Winches, 3500 lbs and 4500 lb. Super Winches in trailers, like most thing it is way better to have the bigger one I have a freind who bought one of the Harbor Freight 2500 or 3000 lb winches(I can't remerber which ) it work twice and quit pulling his 1964 Dodge 330 two door bracket car into his Pace 24 ft enclosed trailer with the noraml dove tail floor and door As Fred said, the 2500 lb winch would almost come to a complete stop pulling my old bracket Duster(3150 lbs with me in it, 2870 lbs without me ) into my Pace trailer with the normal dove tail floor, the 4500 lb one doesn't slow down at all One of my old booses ask me to rescue his 1967 Ford 3/4 ton pick up truck(empty) when it broke down out of town, the 3500 lb winch in that trailer struggle to pull his truck into my trailer Warn winches are very good also, according to all the off roaders around here

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Will a 3000lb electric wench Pull my 3400lb car onto a trailer?? What lb rating is the avarage every one uses

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Yes, it will! I used the elcheapo $49.00 1500# winch from harbor freight for a few years, Like MrPBody did.

I only had to tow the 3000# race car onto the trailor once. But I used it many times to tow other heavier vehicals onto the same trailor at heavier weights, 4500+ or so.

The old El Cheapo $49.00 1500# winch from Harbor freight worked pretty good.

My newer El Cheapo $89.00 3000# winch from Harbor freight is a train wreck. The cable as it unspools binds up like you wouldnt believe. That was never a problem with the 1500# winch.

You get what you pay for! Winch cable speed is also a serious consideration.

As far as wenches, They need love too!

Dont we all get along?? Wrench and Wenches!

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If you use a snatch block, (another pulley to double line the cable) it will double what you can pull.

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And at the same time it doubles the time to pull the
same distance..... but it will pull double the weight