Good winch battery?
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Good winch battery?
I get a lot of free cars, so got a small electric winch to yank them onto my flatbed. The problem is the cables are to short to reach anything. I have to park a car next to the trailer to hook to the battery. I sold a car a week ago and the guy had the same winch I do. He had a battery in the trailer tool box though. He didn't know what it was for since the trailer wasn't his. He figured it was probably from a tractor trailer since thats what his friend does. I was thinking of doing the same setup. Whats a good battery for running an electric winch for 10-30 minutes at a time. I would throw it on a charger/maintainer when not in use. Would a regular truck battery work, or would an RV type battery be better? I have a decent battery from an F-250 I parted out that I could try.
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trailer power connector
There is indeed a 12 V feed across the 7 pin trailer connector but it's useful only for charging a battery. On my trailer I added brakes so I use it to charge the breakaway battery. You could use it to chatge a larger obattery, that's what the RV types do.
Better Solution "I Think" is to Mount a winch power connector under the rear bumper and tie it to the truck battery. Run something like #2 or heavier back to the connector. It's just one less battery to maintain, and the use a little, sit a lot cycle is rough on them.
Better Solution "I Think" is to Mount a winch power connector under the rear bumper and tie it to the truck battery. Run something like #2 or heavier back to the connector. It's just one less battery to maintain, and the use a little, sit a lot cycle is rough on them.
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I will most likely go that route in a year or two when I get a new camp trailer. But this will save me some trouble until then. 
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