New Car hauler, want to install winch (2 Viewers)

[greenbeast]

So I have agreed to buy a 20' car hauler tomorrow evening and need to mount a winch to pull some projects into the trailer. I would like to mount it in the center at the nose.

Anyone done this or have some pics of an arrangement that I can work off of?

Now I have a 24 Volt, Warn 12,000 that would work great just not sure how to power it, would couple batteries and inverter work?
Thanks
J

 

[LazyL]

I have a 3110 featherlight that's 17 1/2 foot long with a superwinch that I use a 12 volt batt mounted on the v part of the tongue. It's not the fanciest battery tray but I can snap a pic.

 

[LazyL]

The trailer didn't have a spare so I mounted it on the younger also. Found a pic

 

[cruiserpilot]

You don't need a 12000 lb winch. Plus you'd need 2 batteries to run it. I hear warn has a 8000 lb with syn line
on sale for a good price. Just mount it up high enough that you aren't dragging the line right along the deck.
All the winches I've seen on trailers were on little steel stands about 12" above the deck.
Most people just get a marine battery box to store the battery in. You can strap it down any way you want.

 

[Living in the Past]

I was given a 5,000# Warn winch that I installed on my car hauler without drilling any holes. I had some heavy gauge wire I lengthened leads. A heavy duty jumper cable I can reach the battery under the hood. Should have painted the raw metal to prevent surface rust. It was installed about four years when these pictures were taken. Pictures are from 5/2012 and because I'm in AZ rust is no worse today.

 

[Hack]

^^^ I like your set up!

Here's what I intend to do. I've got a Warn 8274 that I'm going to bolt to a portable mount:



I'll weld up a 2x2 receiver onto the front of the trailer and either power it from a battery mounted on the trailer or with leads long enough to reach the towing vehicle.

 

[e9999]

OP, if you have a 24V winch and a couple of "12V" batteries, you don't need an inverter for the winch. You can just connect the winch to the 2 batteries wired in series. That should work fine, with appropriate cables and switches. Except for the need to recharge the batteries after each use, which you would then need to do one at a time if you only have a "12V" alternator. Bit of a pain. And yes, 12,000 lbs is overkill for most routine loading jobs I would think. You would have to find out how much pulling power you really will need.
If you don't need 12,000lbs, an alternative if you can use the winch for something else or sell it for lotsa bucks, might be to use a smaller 12V winch which would be easier to recharge a battery for. Maybe around 2000lbs if that's enough for you? Those are pretty inexpensive.
Or even use a 120V AC winch. Also inexpensive if smallish. One around 2000 lbs would probably have something like a 1HP motor and draw maybe 10A so a common 2000W portable generator would be able to handle that probably, which would be very convenient if you have other needs for AC, with no need to worry about batteries etc. Assuming you already have a generator, cuz the good ones aren't cheap.
Keep also in mind that unless you can have the alternator keep up with the winch, you should ideally get a deep cycle or dual purpose battery, as a regular starting battery won't like too much the deep discharge the winch might cause. If you use the winch a lot, the battery life might be significantly reduced.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Here's a picture of mine, 9000# Warn with a cradle mount, so I can use it on other vehicles and I can put it in the shop out of the weather. Mounts on a 2 inch receiver. I have my truck wired with Anderson plugs, run to the back.

 

[Hack]

Here's a picture of mine, 9000# Warn with a cradle mount, so I can use it on other vehicles and I can put it in the shop out of the weather. Mounts on a 2 inch receiver. I have my truck wired with Anderson plugs, run to the back.

That's the route I'll be taking. Nice looking rig! What do you use to tow it?

 

[scrapdaddy]

A 5500 Dodge....

 

[scrapdaddy]

Here's another with a 55...

 

[Hack]

Sweet!

(I'm diggin' that old farm truck! Late 50's Chevy?)

 

[scrapdaddy]

59 Chevy Viking and the #9000 Warn pulled it right up the ramps.

 

[LazyL]

I think I want a synthetic rope next time