electric trailer winches
Submitted by johnno67 on Sun, 2010-06-20 18:45
looking at purchasing a electric winch for my trailer needs to haul a 6m ali.
ive looked at a couple of different brands but there not real fast the fastes ive come accross is 8feet per minute.
Any suggestions as i am doing quite a bit of beach launching these days.
Cheers Colin
CrazyDhufish
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Not worth the money
Set the trailer up right and learn to drive on.
fisho-ron
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mate i agree with crazy sat
mate
i agree with crazy
sat night i seen one of those boat latches in opp and was very impressed, might get one for myself.
if your trailer is the drive on type go with this, if not i would get a 10-1 winch and with the 3 speed settings you will do it with ease, your boat is lighter than my old 6mtr glass one we had and it was a piece of cake.
by the time you set up your elec to work each time i would already be pulling out.
cheers
Feral
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have a look at the "power
have a look at the "power winch" johnno i used to have one on my 7.5 and it went well . i had to swap to a manual 3 stage after killing it tho. but for your 6m it would be fine as im sure your not beach launching like i do all the time.
as for driving on ..yeah its great if you have enough water under you, but it will damage a lot of ramps and i understand its slowly getting banned at some areas.
kempy
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use a 4x4 winch on our boat
use a 4x4 winch on our boat does struggle a bit but does it. it was only made for 900kg and our boat is 7.5m and weighs about 2200kg
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Faulkner Family
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we have one and it is slow
we have one and it is slow but it does save the elbow greese after a full days fishing out deep. if your beach launching it would be faster to drive on
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Feral
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i wish i could drive on
i wish i could drive on where i launch ... id have the prop bashing the bottom in an instant if i tried :) mind you i suppose thats what i get for having a inboard .. cant have all the advantages i suppose
Billcollector
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I do a heap of beach
I do a heap of beach launching with a 7.o mtr ali and if you can't drive it on set up a petrol driven winch with a small honda motor and a heavy duty winch. rips your boat on in no time at all