Trailer Receiver Winch

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Anyone have any experience with a winch that attaches to your trailer receiver? I have a brush guard on the front of my truck so I am not sure if I want to mess with putting a winch up front or not and I like the idea of being able to take it off when I don't need it.
 
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I've seen the chain saw engine gas powered ones. Wondered if they worked as advertised.

My cousin bought a Warn 8Klb winch, and mounted it on a bar that attaches to his receiver hitch. He had to run big cables from the battery to the rear, and a very heavy duty plug in. He used welding cable if I remember right as it takes the vibration without breaking unlike construction cable.

Keeps it in his cross bed tool box.
 
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I've seen the chain saw engine gas powered ones. Wondered if they worked as advertised.

My cousin bought a Warn 8Klb winch, and mounted it on a bar that attaches to his receiver hitch. He had to run big cables from the battery to the rear, and a very heavy duty plug in. He used welding cable if I remember right as it takes the vibration without breaking unlike construction cable.

Keeps it in his cross bed tool box.

I have a friend that did the same. As a bonus he took a set of heavy duty jumper cables and installed the same heavy duty plug on one end, that way he can jumpstart a car from either end of his truck.
 

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I have one. I have a mount on the front and the rear of my truck. Before I built different bumpers, I also had mounts on the front and rear of my K5. I also fabbed a mount on my car hauler and made a quick connect extension cord to plug into the rear wiring harness on the truck. I also have the heavy duty jumper cables I can use on the front and rear of the truck.

Also, it makes a lot of since to have a winch on the rear due to the egress from a mud hole if your front, hard mounted winch is buried in the muck or under water.

I've had several different winch combinations on different 4x4s I have built, and the quick mount setup really is the most versatile way to go. I built winch bumpers for the front and rear of my k5 and mounted 12,000 lbs. Ramseys on both. I liked the versatility of the quick mount more than the hard mounted winches.

I fabbed my own mount and used a Ramsey patriot 9500 winch with synthetic cable and an aluminum hawse fairlead. Replacing the steel cable with synthetic reduced the weight by 25 lbs. I think my setup weighed 95 pounds.

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The below covers it all pretty much. Nice looking rig DPI!

I have a friend that did the same. As a bonus he took a set of heavy duty jumper cables and installed the same heavy duty plug on one end, that way he can jumpstart a car from either end of his truck.

I have one. I have a mount on the front and the rear of my truck. Before I built different bumpers, I also had mounts on the front and rear of my K5. I also fabbed a mount on my car hauler and made a quick connect extension cord to plug into the rear wiring harness on the truck. I also have the heavy duty jumper cables I can use on the front and rear of the truck.

Also, it makes a lot of since to have a winch on the rear due to the egress from a mud hole if your front, hard mounted winch is buried in the muck or under water.

I've had several different winch combinations on different 4x4s I have built, and the quick mount setup really is the most versatile way to go. I built winch bumpers for the front and rear of my k5 and mounted 12,000 lbs. Ramseys on both. I liked the versatility of the quick mount more than the hard mounted winches.

I fabbed my own mount and used a Ramsey patriot 9500 winch with synthetic cable and an aluminum hawse fairlead. Replacing the steel cable with synthetic reduced the weight by 25 lbs. I think my setup weighed 95 pounds.

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had the same idea when I put this together .. warn 12k wench with receiver hitch and long cables.
have rear 2in hitch and still need to install front hitch. have not needed this yet for my 4x4 3/4 ton Dodge 12v.





 


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