I use harbor freight 10k winch on trailer it does a great job for $300 mount it on a plate then anchor to floor use 3/8 or 1/2 inch anchors

 

Build a 1/4" - 3/8"plate that the winch can bolt to easily. Use concrete anchors to bolt the plate to the floor.
Bolts let you remove the winch and store somewhere so it isn't always in the way.
Plate shouldn't be too bad of a floor obstruction.

 

The old garage we drilled holes and put those threaded inserts in so you wouldn't trip over it. Then mount the winch to a plate and just bolt it down into the concrete when needed. It worked the couple times we dragged junk in that had a broken wheel off or stuff like that where we had to drag it in.

Longevity wise Im not sure but worked the handful of times we did it.

The guy above me's sounds more thought out though.

 

Friend of mine got a small 110 that work didn't think was good enough for OSHA, didn't have/say it had a break. He put anchors in the floor and uses it to pull his S10 in. Think it was only a 1ton but does good job....and it does have a break.

 

Mount a receiver in the floor. Then mount winch on a hitch. No need to bolt to floor. Just pull it up and put away
If hole in floor bothers you that much. Make a small plate/plug to cover

 

I just mounted a plate to the floor and use a Warn hand held winch to pull car in. That way I am not tripping over the winch in the floor all the time. Works damn good.

This one :http://m.northerntool.com/products/...uBRDTu5rDjr2kxJsBEiQAWlm6UhbJkWSaEuDQZ0kSKOwt6QuXimq7PyGK-Ecv5_Bj7E0aAnCd8P8HAQ

 

Don't mount the winch in the line of sight of the door, mount it 90 degrees off to the side and put a small plate with a pulley in line of sight with the door, this way the winch can be permanently mounted in a cabinet to the side of the garage and you have the option of taking the small plate and pulley up when not in use or just covering it with a small box or container when not in use.

This gives you no more mechanical advantage, just a re-direction, and you won't have to run power across the floor to operate it, just the cable, and winch the cable back into the drum in the cabinet when you are finished.

Dave

 

Good stuff...thanks. I'm going to pick up one of those $100 HF winchs with remote. The cars are light and slight grade so I'm thinking it should be enough.

 

Mounted my winch to a trailer coupler. I use my winch in the garage, in the cenclosed trailer, and for my gooseneck open trailer, and all I have to do is pick it up and take it with me, put it over a 2"ball and it's tugging. Can be used to pull a drunk ******* of of a mud hole also.

A 2inch ball doesn't take up much space. Actually it's just 2 inches to be exact.

The HF work great.

 

I use the biggest HF 110 volt hoist mounted on my four post lift to pull cars in and out, it does not take much to pull a rolling car.

 

I have a mount on the Back wall for mine ...
Hook it up, Pull in car and put it away ...
No drilling into concrete !!!

Works Great !!!

 

I used 1" X2" bar stock,and mounted my winch to the floor.Its uphill into my garage.I had a helluva time getting it in when I broke it.
I had to buy an inverter,to run the 12 volt winch off of house electric.

 

I too, have a winch attached to the back wall of the shop. Use a good forged eye bolt that you can get from ENCO, MSC, etc. Mount the winch to a plate with a piece of angle iron welded to the back and another forged eye bolt attached to the angle iron. Attach the two eye bolts with a heavy duty anchor clasp or short length of chain. When not in use the winch can be removed and won't be in the way. Be sure to adequately reinforce the wall where the eye bolt is attached. I used a length of angle iron mounted horizontally, which spans three studs. No problems pulling cars into the shop from level driveway.

 

Thanks for the ideas guys. I've been thinking of doing this for a while now.

 

I think most are referring to something like this. That way way you can use it in trailer, truck hitch and garage. This is mine. Mounts and winch are Harbor Freight.