Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Dragula]
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03/04/12 04:47 PM
03/04/12 04:47 PM
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challengermike
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I have been wondering the same thing myself. I dont know if the load rating should equal the car weight + some extra for pulling it up an incline on to the trailer.
Last edited by challengermike; 03/04/12 04:48 PM.
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Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Dragula]
#1190986
03/04/12 04:55 PM
03/04/12 04:55 PM
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Right now Harbor Freight has a 2000# for $59.99... the way a winch is rate is a vertical pull.... so if your winching up a angle you have more weight pulling power... I just use the cheapo winch due to it sits MOST of the time
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Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Dragula]
#1190988
03/04/12 05:43 PM
03/04/12 05:43 PM
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Quote:
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Right now Harbor Freight has a 2000# for $59.99... the way a winch is rate is a vertical pull.... so if your winching up a angle you have more weight pulling power... I just use the cheapo winch due to it sits MOST of the time
Unfortunetly, the new trailer with the side escape door won't clear any of my vehicles, so it will be used weekly.
I had a 3000lb Harbor Freight winch in my last trailer. Worked very well. The hand switch started giving the guy that bought the trailer from an issue, but it never gave me any issues in all the years I owned it. It was $139...Maybe I should get another, I just didn't like the relay and all the wiring all over the place.
I used my cheapo all the time when I winched it in backwards... never failed me
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Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Jeepmon]
#1190991
03/05/12 03:40 AM
03/05/12 03:40 AM
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Cab_Burge
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I use to buy the cheap wenches , winches and found that they would let me down when I really needed them. The last two I've bought for race car trailers have been the Suoerwinch S 4500 I never planned on hauling a dress upped 4 whd one ton P.U.in my traler or on one of my trucks, until I was ask by a friend . My S4500 winch complained a little on pulling that 7500 Lb. rascal into the trailer but it did it without breaking or stopping Buy the best you can afford
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Dragula]
#1190993
03/05/12 09:00 AM
03/05/12 09:00 AM
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check prices on Amazon too...actualy you can do a search for lowest prices on that winch thru the internet... you probably already knew that I use the Super Winches' 4500 series also and I do have their 8000 series that will dead lift 13,000 lbs...had that on a 3 car carrier a few years back and I wasnt going to give up a $900 winch...
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Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Dragula]
#1190994
03/05/12 09:54 AM
03/05/12 09:54 AM
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I had a cheapo 1500# winch laying around that was for a electric snow plow. I tried it pulling my BB challenger onto my open trailer. It did it no problem single cable and was even better with a pulley and double lined. So I take it with me nowadays just in case the car quits and I can't drive it onto the trailer. If I was buying new, I'd get something a little bigger, but not huge because of the weight. I always think of the weight when buying stuff for a RV or trailer, it must be light weight. My trailer already had a 2" reciever in the bed and I invested in a pintle hook mount to put my winch on, works fine. The mount weighs as much as the winch. I store in one of the side compartments in my RV.
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Re: Trailer Winch?
[Re: Challenger 1]
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03/05/12 10:27 AM
03/05/12 10:27 AM
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line speed is important and not always considered when selecting one.don't ask me how I know
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