Whats a good winch?

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Old 12-29-2005, 08:02 PM
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Whats a good winch?

I'm wanting to buy a winch for my 22'enclosed trailer.It will be pulling in, a 3400lb car .If been looking at a lot of them.What about a Mile Marker winch? The E3000 runs about $200.Let me know what you guys use and trust.
 
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Old 12-29-2005, 11:43 PM
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i have had good luck with warn 2500lbs on my 4 wheeler and my f150 had a ramsey 8000lbs.
 
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Old 12-30-2005, 06:16 AM
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Best winch will bring you a beer and honk on bobo. Oops, that's the best wench. Never mind.
 
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Old 12-30-2005, 05:35 PM
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I guess the real question is how much do you want to spend?

If you do not need load braking when unwinding the cable and plan to drive the car out of the trailer, a cheap $60-$100 winch will be okay. They are usually advertised as 6K boat winches and attach to a hitch ball. They can be hard mounted anywhere.

Most come with 25 feet of cable. They usually have a clutch wheel on one side of the winch so it can free wheel the cable and a 12 foot remote.

Whatever winch you get make sure it has a 12 foot remote so you can winch the car into the trailer while standing outside the trailer so if a cable breaks you do not get wacked.

The big advantage of these winches is that they are slow, but, draw only 20 amps or so under load so they last a while on a charged battery.

Otherwise I would probably get a Warn. Worth the extra money because of the better quality.
 
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Old 12-30-2005, 09:21 PM
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I had planned to spend $200-$300.Load braking will be a must..Could drive the car in ,but can't get out.I have a side door ,but the car door will hit the inner fender of the trailer.Thats why I need a Wench.I mean a winch,thanks 285
 
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I bought and use the Mile Marker 9000lb model.....have it mounted on flatbed gooseneck....have been very pleased....seems like it was $350.00
 
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