Mounting a winch to flatdeck carhauler ?????

[Bullseye]

Got a new carhauler on the weekend and want to mount a winch on it for pulling stuff on to the trailer (dead cars, equipment,etc) . Do you guys have any do's and don't for doing this ???
Bought a winch (the big one) today from Costco, so it comes with a quick-connect mount so all I have to do is weld or bolt a receiver to the trailer, pin the winch in and mount a battery and I should be good to go , right ???
Give me all the advice you guys got ........... cause I want to do this right !!! I hate going to do something and you have to "mickey-mouse" it to get it to work or you have nothing but issues !!
Like Mike Holmes says "Do it right the first time !!!" LOL
Thanks, eh!

 

[han solo]

I have pretty much what your talking about. Made plates for front of trailer, then bolted a hitch to them. The hitch sits on the deck, doesnt really take up much room. Then mounted the winch on a receiver, run the cables to the truck. I didnt want to buy another battery, mount it, take care of it, etc. There is 2 under the hood of the truck anyways. My winch is 10,000lbs, I drug up the ramps so far, 3 tractors, 1 truck. 1 tractor had flat tires, coming off rims. Winched drug them up, made if work abit as tractor didnt really roll that well. If its nice out this weekend, I will put the winch on & try to get pics on here. If not, I will email them to you.

 

[tex78]

I have a smaller 16 foot car trailer...

I mounted my warn 2500 quad winch on it with a group 27 Rv battery. Figured if I needed more pull that's what a snach block is for.

It will pull a 92 dodge 3/4 ton Dsl on the trailer with out the snach block...

I think in the quad the battery isn't big enough to make the winch power enough

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[bigz64]

i saw that winch at costco too, not sure how well it will hold up in the elements. maybe fab up a system where the mount can stay attached to the frame and remove the winch when not in use

 

[OVERKILL 19]

Got a new carhauler on the weekend and want to mount a winch on it for pulling stuff on to the trailer (dead cars, equipment,etc) . Do you guys have any do's and don't for doing this ???
Bought a winch (the big one) today from Costco, so it comes with a quick-connect mount so all I have to do is weld or bolt a receiver to the trailer, pin the winch in and mount a battery and I should be good to go , right ???
Give me all the advice you guys got ........... cause I want to do this right !!! I hate going to do something and you have to "mickey-mouse" it to get it to work or you have nothing but issues !!
Like Mike Holmes says "Do it right the first time !!!" LOL
Thanks, eh!

I did the same thing to a trailer I don't have anymore but I mounted mine up in the v/ hitch frame. So it wouldn't eat up deck space! Just build a frame across and get some reciever tube, weld her up. I also built a bent up 16g box that hinged over top to protect from gravel rash! I think I used a motet cycle batt, it was laying around the shop, small and cheap. It worked

 

[rmk 800 144]

Mount your quick attach too the front cross bar then your good to go!!


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[Bullseye]

Thanks for all the imput guys !!! Finally had some time today (so to speak of) ...so mounted the winch. Found a under mount bumper hitch at "Princess Auto" and just flipped it over and mounted it to the front crossmember with 4 big bolts, thru the deck. I can get the welder out and run a bead across the front just for added strenght, if I think it needs it , we will see !!
I also put the winch together ...and looks like it should work real good. Man, is it heavy !! For now I am just going to use a battery or two (on the trailer) to run the winch, till I get the truck "wired" up for charging the batteries while I drive !!