SCUM LINE Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Can anyone tell me what the Specks are on the 12volt winches for the river anchors, Looking to make my owen for half if not less the cost, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prop nut Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 2000 lb 12v winch from harbor freight 75 bucks five years ago hoists a 80lb ball of chain no problem might be more money these days but still a good choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCUM LINE Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 HAHA. i have my ATV winch on it now with a side out res hicth mount, Just looking for something faster and dont want to Drop a G if i dont have too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmishler Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Check out the anchor wizard, its made hear in the great state of michigan.!!!! it works awesome!!!!http://www.anchorwizard.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priority1 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 HAHA. i have my ATV winch on it now with a side out res hicth mount, Just looking for something faster and dont want to Drop a G if i dont have too Those Harbor freight winches suggested above can be had for as little as $50 when they are on sale. You could modify one with a larger drum to increase the speed. By increasing the speed your will decrease the torque and pull weight. I just bought one for 50 a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to use it on my boat trailer. I'm going to strip off about half the cable to decrease the drum size to slow it and increase the torque. The biggest problem with these and a lot of DC motors is their Duty Cycle. Most can only run for about a minute without having to rest for 15 minutes to cool down. That is not a problem loading a boat, but may be if it's intended time use is greater. I see they have them for $79. http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb-electric-atvutv-winch-with-automatic-load-holding-brake-68146.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherman51 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 i use a atv superwinch on my boat trailer. its rated at 3000# and i cut half of the cable off so i would have more torque. but it loads my 28 ft sea ray without any problems. but it runs slow with only half full arbor. but i only paid around 130.00 for it on ebay. they have some real cheap atv winches on ebay. but i couldnt tell you about the quaility of them. but i know superwinch makes a good winch. and it doesnt get hot pulling my boat on the trailer. and i have one on a kawasaki 700 and have pulled it out of some big mudholes down in tenn while riding. never had any problems with it.sherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCUM LINE Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Anything under a 100 lbs would work just fine. a i could find out where and what motor to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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