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Thinking about adding the winch option. Don’t want aftermarket hanging on the front of the truck. Looks like the dealer installed winch is mounted behind the bumper area. Does anyone have the weight this adds to the truck? Any other thoughts? Thanks
I ordered it on my 2023 F250. The dealer couldn’t get the wireless remote working and basically gave up. By contacting Warn Directly they sent me another wireless remote and it worked.
I have no idea to weight, sorry. I changed out the hook to a loop device as when you hooked the hook on sometimes the rope wouldn’t mess with a parking sensor.
I have not needed it because of being stuck, but have used it for many other reasons and found it useful. By the time you add the dual batteries in the dual alternators, it does become a very expensive option.
I used the Ford factory Warn winch setup on my buddy's F250 twice. The Ford factory winch setup seems solid and worked good. The winch remote control crapped out during the second use. Warn customized this winch so the winch clutch faces forward for easy access. The factory license plate holder for the factory winch setup puts the plate too low if you drive off road. You cannot use the standard winch plate flip-up mounts on the Ford factory winch because of how it is set back. We had to fabricate a better plate holder. Overall, the Ford factory winch set up is a good system, but expensive. I am guessing that the Ford factory winch setup adds about a hundred pounds up front.
FYI. There is a thread on the 2017-2022 Super Duty forum about using aftermarket parts to put an aftermarket winch in the same spot as the Ford factory Warn winch setup if you can do it yourself and want to save money over ordering the setup from Ford.
Thanks for the responses. I’m planning on using the winch to pull fallen trees & large branches out of a creek that runs behind our campground. We had access to a small Ford tractor before which is no longer available. Not sure how long I can run it before it would start to overheat but I can take my time with the project since we’re down there weekly. Not enough work or budget to justify getting a tractor of our own. Thought a winch would be good for occasional use. Once I get the creek mostly cleared maintenance won’t be a big deal. Last time we cleared it was 5-6 years ago.
For occasional use, I have an inexpensive option for you.
they make winch mounts that go into a receiver hitch. Buy a badlands 12,000 pound winch from Harbor freight. I generally don’t promote harbor freight products but there are a lot of professional recovery people on YouTube using them for pretty difficult recoveries. The problem with this set up is you will either need to run cables all the way to the back of your truck or what I did is I have a separate battery in like a marine battery box that I use for situations like this. Were not needed at the back of the truck. It is mounted in my enclosed car trailer for pulling vehicles in.
Another option for that kind of occasional low stress winching is a trailer receiver hitch winch mount. Going with the receiver mount winch saves money and you can leave the winch home when not needed.... but you need to manhandle the 60lbs-80lbs each time you put the winch on and off. You also will have 20 feet of 2.0 battery cable strung alongside your truck when winching. The receiver winch mount is not good for high load winching if you cannot winch straight.
For occasional use, I have an inexpensive option for you.
they make winch mounts that go into a receiver hitch. Buy a badlands 12,000 pound winch from Harbor freight. I generally don’t promote harbor freight products but there are a lot of professional recovery people on YouTube using them for pretty difficult recoveries. The problem with this set up is you will either need to run cables all the way to the back of your truck or what I did is I have a separate battery in like a marine battery box that I use for situations like this. Were not needed at the back of the truck. It is mounted in my enclosed car trailer for pulling vehicles in.
I had this exact set up on my old truck. I installed a front hitch so I could pull with a line of sight. But the hitch in the front has a limited capacity for which pulling.
Used it to pull out bushes, retrieve a buried mower, and other miscellaneous tasks. Nothing that ever taxed the winch or pushed hitch limits. Worked fine each time. Used a 20% coupon so it was like 1/4-1/5 the price of a Warn.
They sell cable kits that are pretty easy to use so you can easily hook and unhook the wiring.
Torque lift makes a hidden hitch for super duty
1k tongue and 10k trailer.
I had one on my 21 250.
It s. Tube comes up and pokes out of the hole behind license plate..it comes with plate holder thst plugs into reciever when not in use
plus no loss of front end ground clearance
Under 500 bucks
I have one being built now for my 24
I used it to park my trailer, we have skinny road and a hard 90..so backing in is horribly time consuming
And you can do the badlands winch
Store in the bed tool box..until needed
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