Replace Whiffle Tree under 50 Dollars

replacing the factory whiffletree with a harbor freight hand crank winch on your coleman or fleetwood pop up camper lift assembly mechanism

[@JosephDR]

That is a genius solution, Rawb! Thanks for sharing!

[@jaysfreedom403]

Replacement Wiffletrees are hard to find. I dont think theres a single one for sale in my city. This is a handy work around. Thanks for the idea

[@trinidadarceo4221]

Thank you for the idea! I'm currently doing something similar. I'm curious, how did you remove that front steel bar where the crank attached to? The video cuts out. I tried removing mine but it seems like there is some type of stopper to prevent it from coming out. Did you have to remove the front panel to access?

[@glenncalzada1707]

If your cables aren't guided through the holes on the frame, they will rub the edge of the hole and fray and eventually break. I hope you aren't in it when that happens.

[@snaggdiggler]

They are through the factory holes in the frame actually, the old cable went right up through the middle and I just added a new hole out the front in a straight line with the other holes, and eliminated the chain and sprockets that put the crank in a more convenient location

[@aprilsimon1896]

How do you attach the 4 cables to the main cable?

[@pierrexavier4983]

You think a 1200 pounds winch would do with a normal roof?

[@snaggdiggler]

I thought about using a cheap harbor freight ATV winch for it, but decided not to. I hooked up my 2000 pound winch on my quad to it, and it didn't want to lift it, but it had added friction to it because I just ran it under the tongue and hooked it

[@snaggdiggler]

But I added a lot of weight to the roof, plywood, boards, and heavy aluminum. But think that a 1200 pound winch would lift a normal one.

[@pierrexavier4983]

I just bought one for 100 bucks did what you did yesterday thank you