Electric boat winch

[Stewey]

I have just thrown out a "cheap" supercheap winch. This lasted 18 monthe on my trailer before packing it in. Their retrieve rate did seem quite slow. I have just bought a Trex 5000lb winch from fleabay. Have only used it twice but seems to be a big improvement. I have changed the wire rope to a spectra also. I am also in the process of converting this from a wired remote to a wireless set up. Time will tell how long thiw winch will last, but the internals etc seem to be a lot better and tougher than the supercheap winch.

Hope this helps.

regards


Stewey

[charleville]

I had a powerwinch 315 on my boat but managed to bugger it through my own stupidity when giving it a bit of maintenance and misplacing a circlip on a shaft.

Anyway, that was not so bad for me as I always found the noise that the Powerwinch made to be a bit excessive, especially at a ramp after midnight. So I started using the manual winch again and it became my preferred option because I usually undo the detent and wind the handle with no noise at all until I reconnect the detent at the last couple of winds.

The Powerwinch was great in my early days with the boat when I was not so adept at winding on the boat in a stiff side breeze on my own. A bit of practice fixed that.


I wonder if all electric trailer winches are as noisy as my Powerwinch was.


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[Fed]

+1 charleville, the very first thing I noticed with mine was the noise compared to the 712s I was used to, so much so that I pulled the covers off and added some grease to the gears which didn't help at all.

On the upside though it just keeps going & going so I can't complain.

[Sevric]

It is a hard decision. I will check the retrieve rate fed. I normally don't buy cheap. Usually go the quality but everything just appeared to be same.

Cheers
Greg

I had one of the $99 winches on my 4.4m tinny and it worked fine for a time. Gradually i noticed it started to struggle a little so i made sure the rollers were all working as they should but still it sounded as though it was struggling. I went the 315 power winch to avoid a future big problem. When choosing a winch there seems to be 2 different types. One that looks like a power retrieve winch on a 4x4 and the other a more traditional boat winch with a clutch on one side. Both work OK. The traditional types are easier to launch and retrieve with as the others you have to power out the cable to launch the boat till the hook can be released from the boat. To do this the power cables and switches all have to be connected which is a bit of a pain. With the traditional types all you do is release the clutch and your are away. The 315 has no powered remote wire and switch to rust but rather a piece of cord that goes back to a toggle switch which has proved very simple and effective. It does not rust and if it is broken or stolen you can still retrieve the boat by simply activating the switch. No such luck with a broken or rusted switch on a long cable to reach the back of the boat. Many also offer remote devises these days, expensive but good.

[Corry]

I"ve been looking at one of these:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/260909491...84.m1438.l2648

Anyone got one, what's ya thoughts. Like the idea of synthetic rope, like the idea of remote control, have no idea what the internals are like, and there isn't an option if something goes wrong. I've contemplated seeing if it can be mounted so that the original hand winch can be kept, but haven't fully thought that through yet.

Cheers
Corry

[Seahorse]

Corey, I saw them. I like u don't know what u would do if it failed.
I also thought how can I keep my old winch there, in case of breakdown.

Maybe someone has some ideas

Cheers
Greg

[bugsytwoshoes]

I bought a powered winch very similar to yours Corry and it is great I have installed it in my carport and use it to winch my boat/trailer up my steep driveway. It has remote control it's fairly quick and very quite. I dont think it would be a major problem to mount on a boat trailer either. I am a linesman by trade and we use a hand winch/puller called a lugall to pull up heavy cable onto power poles they are light and easy to use and will pull two ton, if your electric winch broke down seahorse you could wrap a sling around the winch post and pull the boat in with the lugall.