I'm a big believer in 2" receiver mounting. With modern PM motors which draw less, it can be VERY handy to be able to move the thing to a hitch, etc.

You can get so called "Anderson connectors" in many amp ratings, they are not terribly expensive. The larger ones the terminals can be soldered instead of crimped which makes it fairly easy to make a plug in situation to a cable

 

I have my winch mounted to the front floor area of my trailer. Under the trailer between the frame rails I welded a 3/8" piece of steel that the winch bolts go through.

 

My trailer has 3/4 inch plywood floor w/ aluminum tread plate over the plywood. My winch is mounted under the tool box on the side with a snatch block near the center. The winch is mounted to the plywood with some large flat washers on the underside of the floor. Most of the pull on the winch is linear. Mine has been mounted that way since I bought the trailer in 1995. My car weighs about 2900 with out me in it. I did switch to a winch rope a few years ago and that was a real nice upgrade.

 

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I know a million guys don't reinforce their winch, but I ALWAYS go frame to frame with 1/4" plate.
Mine is actually removeable.
It can be side mounted or straight.
All I did was weld in 2 plates with nuts and you can use it either way depending on which car I'm running that w/e.

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1/8”;plate under winch, with 2- 3/8” bolts thru the center tube of frame, and each have a 1/4” thick flat washer and unlock nuts.

 

My Intech has a third tube in the middle of the structure making up the tongue so I used threaded rod and a plate below to secure it to the floor.

 

Got the winch done today. Put synthetic winch rope on it. That stuff is nice!

 

Just bought a new trailer and looking to do something like that but what happens if you don't stop it in time.....can it pull your cabinet in?

 

Looks good

 

My winch is side mounted in the trailer, just left of the man door. The pull rope goes from the winch to a pully directly in front of it in the center of the trailer than to the back. This way it doesn't matter where you pull from, the rope is always in the center of the winch spool. My trailer is 28' and I don't trip over the winch rope this way and I can get to the spare tire hatch, if the golf cart is not on it.

 

My trailer has a plate welded to the frame under the floor. Winch is centered in the v nose and bolted to the plate and floor. I've been thinking of moving it though, but not feeling that ambitious yet

 

Ours it mounted to a crossmember under the trailer floor, then has a UHMW(hard plastic) plate on the trailer floor for the strap to pull around. Built a box between two crossmembers around it and made a small section of floor hinge open to access it as needed; mostly because we toss the line in when its spooled out.

Out of sight, out of the way, and no cable/strap to trip over.

 

 

That sir is a slick setup!! Thanks

 

Looking at winches for my enclosed. What is the difference between an ATV winch and a truck winch? Decent price on a 4000lb ATV winch local to me.

 

IIRC, it’s the design of the backing bracket.

 

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Like I said, I believe it's the bracket.

I have only seen one ATV winch when a neighbor wanted me to weld up some kind of adapter so it could be floor mounted.
My welder was broke, so we never did build anything.

I would bet it's a very easy fix.

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Picked up the winch today on sale. Will look at the trailer in the spring when I get it out of storage.

 

I used an ATV winch by Champion. The wiring is the only difference I see as it is made with a handlebar mount switch. I made a mount out of C channel that bolts to the floor of the trailer. The Champion came with a remote so the wired switch doesn't get used much.

 

Back in the day, we switched out the race shocks for stock shocks when going across country.

 

Mac's Custom Tie-Downs 700007 Mac's Chassis Stabilizers | Summit Racing

Just curious if anyone uses one of these and if so does it work well.

 

Here is the one I wanted but the owner passed away and they are out of business.

In floor winch mount Midwest Race Cabinets

 

Winch bolted to a plate. welded to the frame.

 

Did not read the earlier posts.

When you mount the winch, pay attention to side to side mounting. Mount it so the cable itself winds in and winds out without pulling to one side or the other and getting spooled up in a bunch.

 

Did not read the earlier posts.

When you mount the winch, pay attention to side to side mounting.
Mount it so the cable itself winds in and winds out without pulling to one side or the other
and getting spooled up in a bunch.

That's a great tip.

I have an issue with this because I have too many cars.
I mounted the winch for the car I use the most, and it's a pain in the ass for the other two.
You have to push the rope with your foot.

If I ever start using the new trailer, I will make multiple mounting locations.


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