Thread: Portable winch ideas please

For all but the shortest and lightest duty cycles, you will need to charge the battery during operation.

Jeez mate, if you are having trouble hand winching now because of your age , I think you are going to have trouble with a portable electric winch and battery , the weight will over come you and I don't think you will successfully design a quick release mount to go front/rear and on your tandem trailer.

I have just bought and fitted a small hand winch to raise/lower my spare tyre. It was a pain in the arse to mount that permanently.

I spent quite a bit of time looking at hundreds of winches (there are thousands of different types and sizes) before I bought the one I settled on.

Good luck with your efforts, love to see your finished result here.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Jeez mate, if you are having trouble hand winching now because of your age , I think you are going to have trouble with a portable electric winch and battery , the weight will over come you and I don't think you will successfully design a quick release mount to go front/rear and on your tandem trailer.

I have just bought and fitted a small hand winch to raise/lower my spare tyre. It was a pain in the arse to mount that permanently.

I spent quite a bit of time looking at hundreds of winches (there are thousands of different types and sizes) before I bought the one I settled on.

Good luck with your efforts, love to see your finished result here.

On my D2a, I fitted a front 50mm receiver in the centre of the bull bar (bar was ARB winch ready version).
My Runva winch was attached to one of those receiver cradles, but as noted the combination was heavy to move around.
I had isolated 70mm cables with 350?A Anderson plugs running to the front and rear tow receivers from the dual battery (Tim's Traxide 160 system).
Actually never used the system in anger, but would have worked for your situation with a receiver hitch mounted on the trailer.

Link here to what I purchased Winch Receiver Mounting Cradle - Sunrise Trailer Parts

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Jeez mate, if you are having trouble hand winching now because of your age , I think you are going to have trouble with a portable electric winch and battery , the weight will over come you and I don't think you will successfully design a quick release mount to go front/rear and on your tandem trailer.

I have just bought and fitted a small hand winch to raise/lower my spare tyre. It was a pain in the arse to mount that permanently.

I spent quite a bit of time looking at hundreds of winches (there are thousands of different types and sizes) before I bought the one I settled on.

Good luck with your efforts, love to see your finished result here.

For over 20 years I have used a boat/trailer hand winch connected to a long tow tongue. I use this either on the rear or front of my landy to move trailers, caravans or dead landies. I also have an A frame to push or pull. I have another hand winch bolted to a tilt tandem. Last week while winching a LWB Series 3 on to the tandem in the heat of summer I thought there must be a better way.
landychris

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

On my D2a, I fitted a front 50mm receiver in the centre of the bull bar (bar was ARB winch ready version).
My Runva winch was attached to one of those receiver cradles, but as noted the combination was heavy to move around.
I had isolated 70mm cables with 350?A Anderson plugs running to the front and rear tow receivers from the dual battery (Tim's Traxide 160 system).
Actually never used the system in anger, but would have worked for your situation with a receiver hitch mounted on the trailer.

Link here to what I purchased Winch Receiver Mounting Cradle - Sunrise Trailer Parts

This is what I was thinking, now to look for a winch. Thanks
Cheers landychris

Originally Posted by landychris

This is what I was thinking, now to look for a winch. Thanks
Cheers landychris

You pro'ly want the lightest one you can find.