Harbor Freight winch

[garnold]

Originally Posted by darryljs

I use one to lift my snow plow up and down. Even hard wired there is a slight coast to them. I also use a hinge type hookup to make it more universal, so I can use it on my trailer too.

Any chance we can get you to show both of these winch setups in the attachments sections. I'd like to see how you made that plow setup. How is the speed on this? I plan to add a spring assist to my tractor. I've heard from some folks that the winch is kind of slow and not great if you need to lift/lower the plow often.

[mmzullo]

Mike It does have a posstive brake on it. I would not trust any winch for overhead lifting. I use mine for my jib crane on my log splitter. It would lift a round 3 foot in diameter no problem. The cable is 50 feet long.
I have the old style remote. There is also a delay from when you release the button.

[jimbob200521]

Mine finally says on vehicle for delivery so I'm crossing my fingers I'll have a new toy for the weekend!!

[Mike McKown]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

Mine finally says on vehicle for delivery so I'm crossing my fingers I'll have a new toy for the weekend!!

I went to our store here a couple days ago and they had three winches on the shelf.

[Mike McKown]

Originally Posted by mmzullo

Mike It does have a posstive brake on it. I would not trust any winch for overhead lifting. I use mine for my jib crane on my log splitter. It would lift a round 3 foot in diameter no problem. The cable is 50 feet long.
I have the old style remote. There is also a delay from when you release the button.

Thanks. I went to the HF store the other day with intentions of buying one. I saw on the box it had a brake on it.

I looked around a little and saw they had three different hoists. The 880 lb hoist was a $129 and I had a 20% off coupon so I got the hoist for $109. I have a barn loft I want to store some heavy parts in. The winch would have worked. The shortcoming being I would have to supply battery power anytime I wanted to use it. I guess that's the main reason I passed on the winch.

Yeah I know winches are not generally regarded as safe for lifting devices.

[mmzullo]

For all the firewood rounds I put on this winch it never unwound or lowered a round. I have worn out the rear bushing holder because it was make of plastic. It's only a brass bushing in a plastic housing. If they made it a bearing I would think it would be better.

[jimbob200521]

Arrived last night, can't wait to use it!

[Shrewcub]

The winch arrived this morning. I knew it was on the way only because I saw the charge on banking site. I wish HF would have sent some emails to accompany the backorder, but it is what it is and it's here.

[a3v03v0]

The fellow who delivered my 682 had one of the larger HF winches on his car trailer. He tried the smaller one but it burned out on the first car.

I expect they will work well for less demanding applications.