Been a welder fabricator for 30 years now and you got enough on it to hold it on through a couple of these little winches. If you're welding machine don't get exactly hot enough make a couple of passes on it and it should hold no more pressure than you got with it . Best of luck and keep on welding.👍
Tim, I have the same winch on my four wheeler and it has never let me down. But my controls are hard wired so I have to be on the wheeler. You may end up with straps under floor boards to spread your load out. Good job.
When I replace those bolts I will probably add the plates. Glad to hear this has worked out for you. I got to use it yesterday, old Simplicity lawn tractor was too heavy to push up the gate by myself.
I’d think about putting a plate underneath the boards, and bolting the winch through it with some grade 8 fasteners. I’d like to try my hand at welding.
Just hook your power wire from the winch to the constant hot on your plug that way as soon as you plug it in it's hot ,being the ignition switch is on,and I just want to say that's a great idea you got me thinking now brother. Appreciate it....
If you’re using a suitcase style welder with material that thick it really helps to pre heat the metal. You’d be surprised what it can do. I’d say like 300 degrees would be just fine
Why did you not buy the $5.00 mount made for that winch, sold by Harbor Freight. Lord, you made a hard job out of that mounting. My 12,000 gross Hudson trailer, mounted the winch drilling three 3/8” holes to mount the Harbor Freight Mounting Plate. Took me twenty minutes to mount the winch. You should have bought shorter bolt to secure the winch to your homemade mount.
My HF doesnt have a mount for that winch or I would have used that instead. Mounting would have been a lot quicker. Always fun to break out the welder though
Bought one yesterday and returned it today, what a piece of SHIT! had it out of the box for 5 min and put it right back in the box. Couldn't even mount it because of the threaded inserts on the winch. Glad I didnt install or trust this on a 10k honda.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Tim everybody's opinion and ideas creates new ones in other peoples heads.
Been a welder fabricator for 30 years now and you got enough on it to hold it on through a couple of these little winches. If you're welding machine don't get exactly hot enough make a couple of passes on it and it should hold no more pressure than you got with it . Best of luck and keep on welding.👍
Good video!
I have trailer ball hitch on the winch and a ball on to trailer floor. When not in use just takes a second to pop off.
That is nice. If you don't need it, it doesn't take up room either
Tim, I have the same winch on my four wheeler and it has never let me down. But my controls are hard wired so I have to be on the wheeler. You may end up with straps under floor boards to spread your load out. Good job.
When I replace those bolts I will probably add the plates. Glad to hear this has worked out for you. I got to use it yesterday, old Simplicity lawn tractor was too heavy to push up the gate by myself.
First video I've seen that shows removing the snap ring to get the clasp through the rollers!!! Thanks!!
I’d think about putting a plate underneath the boards, and bolting the winch through it with some grade 8 fasteners.
I’d like to try my hand at welding.
I'm planning on upgrading the hardware and adding a plate. Welding is fun. You can get them cheap off facebook
The easy way I did my atv winch I welded the ATV winch plate onto a upside down trailer hitch and it works awesome try that setup out
How did you wire it up?
Been thinking about a setup like this curious does it have stand alone power ? I kinda wanted mine to run when I plug my 7 pin up
Mine is hooked to a battery, but I'm sure there is a way to tie it to a main vehicle
Just hook your power wire from the winch to the constant hot on your plug that way as soon as you plug it in it's hot ,being the ignition switch is on,and I just want to say that's a great idea you got me thinking now brother. Appreciate it....
What did you wire it to?
I keep a lawn mower battery charged and wire it to that when I use it.
@@ASliceofWoodWorkshop Do you find the lawn mower battery works well enough? I've been thinking the same set up, but just keeping a jump pack handy.
Yes it works well. Have not had it die yet
If you’re using a suitcase style welder with material that thick it really helps to pre heat the metal. You’d be surprised what it can do. I’d say like 300 degrees would be just fine
Grind the bad welds & reweld, there’s no penetration on backside weld, all surface! Shalom!
good job
thumbs down because you didnt show how to connect the power.
Its just positive to positives and negatives to negatives
Just don't let anyone stand behind the thing being winched up on the trailer. HF tools are fine as long as their failure won't injure or kill someone.
A moving blanket or two place on the wire are great for this safety aspect.
Nice job. I just copied. Have a good one
Metal string? Ummm ok
Man oh man lol
It's very similar to a cable lol 😆
They do resemble eachother...
Ya should have bought the harbor freight $5. mounting plate.....way less work...
If I remember correctly they said the mounting plate does not fit these.
@@ASliceofWoodWorkshop fits perfect....I just bought one with winch....less than 5 bucks.
Why did you not buy the $5.00 mount made for that winch, sold by Harbor Freight. Lord, you made a hard job out of that mounting. My 12,000 gross Hudson trailer, mounted the winch drilling three 3/8” holes to mount the Harbor Freight Mounting Plate. Took me twenty minutes to mount the winch. You should have bought shorter bolt to secure the winch to your homemade mount.
My HF doesnt have a mount for that winch or I would have used that instead. Mounting would have been a lot quicker. Always fun to break out the welder though
So noisy winch 🙄
Bought one yesterday and returned it today, what a piece of SHIT! had it out of the box for 5 min and put it right back in the box. Couldn't even mount it because of the threaded inserts on the winch. Glad I didnt install or trust this on a 10k honda.
quit repeating yourself
Its a bad habit for camera