Winch

[Cdncarnut]

Originally Posted by Aaron Allison

We have a 4500# Superwinch and they are hard to beat.

https://racetoolsdirect.com/product/...ller-fairlead/

Pretty affordable to with a great lifetime warranty! I have had trouble with the HF models.

That is the one that I have. It was on my open trailer for 3 years and now is in my enclosed trailer. I absolutely love it.

[FireSale]

The folks who make these winches sure don't load many race cars on trailers, at least not solo. They all have 50 feet of cable but only 10 to 12 foot remotes while we have 16 to 25 foot trailers. That requires a second person to turn the wheel while the car loads. Mine came with two remotes, one handlebar for an ATV and one trigger remote. I rigged them together for a cable around 30 feet long. I could load from in the car if needed. I had the hook come undone once. Watching the car roll towards the side of the house was not fun. I have walked wheel blocks behind the rear wheels since then.


I keep my cable lubed with spray chain oil to reduce the chance of snarling on the spool.

[Dave Gantz]

You can get wireless winch remote conversions. I have one somewhere that I never used.
I imagine there are new winches that come with a wireless remote.
That remote wire is always getting in the way and/or tangled. Usually when it's dark and/or raining.
I'd "overbuy" when it comes to capacity. If that thing let's go with no driver...

[FireSale]

Originally Posted by Dave Gantz

You can get wireless winch remote conversions. I have one somewhere that I never used.
I imagine there are new winches that come with a wireless remote.
That remote wire is always getting in the way and/or tangled. Usually when it's dark and/or raining.
I'd "overbuy" when it comes to capacity. If that thing let's go with no driver...

The wireless conversions run around $70. As to the winch upgrade, yes, that's on my maybe list. An ATV winch works, but nearly wrecking my car from a cable snap was spooky. We are talking $400 to load cars with $10,000 engines. In the case of vintage S/SS, unreplaceable bodies.

[Tom keedle]

Originally Posted by FireSale

The wireless conversions run around $70. As to the winch upgrade, yes, that's on my maybe list. An ATV winch works, but nearly wrecking my car from a cable snap was spooky. We are talking $400 to load cars with $10,000 engines. In the case of vintage S/SS, unreplaceable bodies.

superwinch remotes are considerably more than 70 bucks....wish I would have known that before I bought a superwinch

[Sean Marconette]

Superwinch S5500 and a wireless remote. My current winch has the synthetic rope and I am glad I went that route.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Sean Marconette

Superwinch S5000 and a wireless remote. My current winch has the synthetic rope and I am glad I went that route.

Sean,how do you like the synthetic rope? How well does it evenly wrap around the spool? For whatever reason, the person who bought my trailer new, had an overkill 9500 pound Warn winch installed under the floor, and according to the Warn website, that winch comes with over 100 feet of rather stout cable. I have never needed to unwind more than 20-25 feet, so I am considering either cutting off much of the excess cable, to allow the cable to lay lower on the spool, or maybe change to a length of synthetic rope. My only concern with the synthetic rope, is that since my winch is mounted under the floor, the line comes up thru the floor, and runs over a roller. I wonder how the rope would hold up running over that roller. Also, since the winch is mounted under the floor (aluminum checker plate material) does anybody know if a wireless remote control would work OK with the winch buried under a metal floor? Like others have said, the cable for the winch controller is too short to reach the car , so winching the car into the trailer by myself usually requires having to stop a couple of times to make steering adjustments, until the car is 1/2 way into the trailer. I don`t really want to cut into the remote harness to lengthen the wires.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Superwinch S4000 for me with plug in remote....No Harbor Freight junk allowed in my trailer...

[b.guggenmos]

Bought one of these during Holley Days for my new trailer. $199.00 free shipping then. I wanted a poly rope and wireless remote. I saw the link to the sale on Bang Shift as a new item for Holley. I have no report on it as I have not opened the box. I am sure it is lesser quality than a Superwinch? https://www.holley.com/products/off-.../parts/4510AOR