Harbor Freight winch

[garnold]

Nice man. Glad it's working out. That was a good buy and glad you posted it. I might think about mounting this to the front of my cub to mess around and maybe lift my plow blade.

[mickb72]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

One is going on my trailer to assist in loading dead Cubs. The other, well not sure just yet but for $50.00 it can sit on the shelf till I come up with a need.

I have a new one sitting one the shelf waiting, too bad my 2 year warranty has run out. I've heard those remotes burn out quickly then you have to make your own switch. The other day a friend used a bigger HF winch to pull a dead chevy 4x4 onto a trailor. He'd been waiting for a sale on the winch.($279 i think) It pulled that heavy truck right up, only trouble was the cable didn't wind up straight and bound a couple times. That cable looked like 3/8", plenty of power may need some reengineering. Mike

[rwairforce]

My son mounted one of them on the back of the 1864 and was really surprised at the pulling force it has. I think he said it lined up with the holes already in the back plate. My second one will go on my trailer like Sam's.

[rwairforce]

I found a better picture...

[garnold]

Originally Posted by rwairforce

I found a better picture...

Wow that mounted on just fine indeed! I have no experience with QL's but would that rear plate fit on a 108 WF? I would think so right? If the winch mounted right on then it would save me from figuring out something else Thanks for the pic!

[green 4 acres]

I have the HF $60 winch, always worked great I need it to get dead cars in the shop up a 6" step . three of us cannot do it .

I want to build a bucket lift to mount on the 128 to take me up 12 ft using the winch

[garnold]

So how well do these handle up to the weather? I realize that I shouldn't just leave this thing out in the rain or covered in snow. But heck, I wouldn't ever do that to my cub anyway HAHA. Still, these are made to be used outside so how durable are they to the elements? I might play around using one to lift my plow and wanted to know if using it in the winter is a bad idea? It's going to get snow on it no mater what I do and just not sure if it will handle this. For $60 you can only expect so much.

[Sam Mac]

I've also used these little winch's for a rear lift on a couple tractors. 1st one I did was my 121 that I use to plow with. Beats lifting the plow the hard way. The other was on a 1572.

[Billy-O]

Originally Posted by garnold

So how well do these handle up to the weather? I realize that I shouldn't just leave this thing out in the rain or covered in snow. But heck, I wouldn't ever do that to my cub anyway HAHA. Still, these are made to be used outside so how durable are they to the elements? I might play around using one to lift my plow and wanted to know if using it in the winter is a bad idea? It's going to get snow on it no mater what I do and just not sure if it will handle this. For $60 you can only expect so much.

Now, the winch will give you a little bit of extra front weight to remedy that wheelie problem you mentioned in your other thread! And it should help pull you up the hill if needed be!

[darryljs]

Originally Posted by garnold

So how well do these handle up to the weather? I realize that I shouldn't just leave this thing out in the rain or covered in snow. But heck, I wouldn't ever do that to my cub anyway HAHA. Still, these are made to be used outside so how durable are they to the elements? I might play around using one to lift my plow and wanted to know if using it in the winter is a bad idea? It's going to get snow on it no mater what I do and just not sure if it will handle this. For $60 you can only expect so much.

I used mine to lift my snow plow for 3 yrs now and it got wet and snow on it. I think it holds up rather well for a cheap winch.