Finally got the time to add one very important missing item to the Ranger. Can't wait to take this Badland ZXR 5000 on the trails and test it out! Link to the winch: www.harborfrei... Link to KFI: www.kfiproduct...
I used the Badlands winch based on this video. It took me forever. If you decide to do this install, make sure that you put the winch plate over the outside of the bumper. It's a pain in the neck and definitely takes two men. Also, the wiring for the switch is weird. The white line hooks up to the black line (same as where the jumper is) on the solenoid.
Nice job, this video helped me out alot when I installed my winch. I ran my small red wire same place that you did. Is that the wire that controls the light on the toggle switch on the dash? If so couldn't i run it to the red on the solenoid and it would stay off when the battery disconnect was off?
Seems like the winch mounting plate would be the weak point in the system? The way it mounts to the horizontal plate? I don't care for that. I guess as long as you are winching at zero angle relative to that horizontal plate you would be ok. But if the cable is on an incline or decline, relative to that plate, it seems like you could bend the mounting plate up or down. The Polaris winches mount directly to the vertical portion of the frame on the bike. No way the brackets could ever bend. Just seems like a better system.
