Mounting a HF 2000lb ATV Winch to Trailer Hitch 

Maybe you could make one of these videos in each Language so everyone could understand it?! Oh, you already did! Lol

I love this, fabulous work. I’m building something similar for my atv. But I have welded a hitch to the front and rear so I can use the winch even when I have the trailer on, as it gets in the way for me.

My buddy has a 2 wheel drive truck and has some property he goes to occasionally that once every few years can get a little muddy. 99% of the time the property is dry though. He doesn't feel a 4x4 is neccessary because he would literally use it about once every 3 years. So we took a 3,500 lbs UTV winch, mounted just like you did here on a hitch, and bought a snatch block. The whole setup weighs 35 lbs. He just keeps the small winch and hitch in his toolbox on the back of his truck. When he gets stuck, he just plugs the hitch into the rear and then uses jumper cables from his front battery to the winch to power it. If you do this, use 4 gauge or 2 gauge jumper cables minimum. It works perfectly. Turns the 3,500 lb winch into a 7,000 lb winch with the snatch block. It can easily pull his fullsize F150 out.

Excellent video and design!

The main motor and drum assembly is identical to my old Warn 1700. The relays is those were a POS and I've upgraded it to a late Runva style contactor. 2000 lbs is a stretch here and it won't last long if you work it at that load. Figure around half that. Not a bad winch for the money though.

....finally .....someone has done video of the winch simply winding the cable in.....now i can visualize the speed .....thank you....

I like the tape nut holder.

I love silent self explanatory videos. Great build here !

Thanks for the suggestions you have discussed here.

Awesome video!!! Very creative I must say!!!

Great Idea. Unfortunately I had no luck with that style of winch. I tore two apart on my ATV. I think that this style is made by one or two manufacturers in China.

I plan on doing that for my truck and put a receiver on the front of my trailer to pull loads onto it. Also I plan on doing the same with my vice with an additional receiver on my work bench.

Because the car was going to be stationary and it was just a one time deal I just used a 12v battery connected to the winch right next to it.

great vid!

فكره جميله وممتاز جدا جربتت عندي با السعوديه الرياض وموجودالفيديو ليوتب وشكرا على هذه الفكره

i used a heavy duty strap and strapped the winch inside a uhaul truck, used a car battery for power, and winched a gold wing up the loading rampe and i walked beside it on a ramp of my own. the gold wing was unloaded with fork lift so no worries unloading.

The winch can be removed from the hitch by undoing the two screws - no changes are made to it.

I only needed it to drag a 500lb lathe - The car is just an "anchor". Used it once and sold it. I think the largest they offer is rated at 12,000lbs (its Chinese so if that's anywhere close to actual capacity who knows).

been wanting a smaller winch like this for a minute.....so as i no longer have to mount larger winch cradle for small jobs ...good shit

I bought the same winch and bought a slide in hitch step from harbor frieght. I drilled holes in the step and mounted the winch on it. looks good because its diamond plate and also only cost 95 bucks for everything. Works well. Nice video

Im gonna do this with one of those winches. Ive needed something like this to haul out wood i cut and this is what i think i need

Great job

I was looking for a plasma cutter too but I would rather have all three in one unit like yours I like it

Great Installation, however, where did you get the power from to the winch? Since this is a small winch to work on an ATV with a motorcycle 12V battery, i wonder if I can feed the battery From my car trailer electric plug to recharge the battery. Any thoughts or ideas? Thank you in advance for your reply

also how did you power it?

I think you are smart with a little bit of common sense.. Nice video

Nice work. If only I knew how to weld. Now I know you posted this over a decade ago but I’m hoping that in that time you realized that you installed the hook the wrong way. The hook needs to be facing upwards lol.

Đúng là hàng nước ngoài quá chất luôn 👍

Yeah, I just hooked it up to a Car Battery sitting off to the side in the video. I'm using this to lower heavy machinery into my basement - the car makes a nice anchor, so I didn't hard wire it to, or make an outlet from the Cars electrical system.

Me gusta, donde se puede acoplar a cualquier cabestrante?

i want to know, what kind welder you use in this video and, Welding Wire

If your still wondering what kind of welder that is after 3 months it is a tig welder.

where did you mount the black box that you hook the switch too can you show me

Can you take it off and put it back on ?

Excelente 👏👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇱

I just wanted to use my car as a stationary anchor so I could lower a machine into my basement - I left the box just sitting next to the battery, but wouldn't be much effort to mount it in the trunk.

How much for one ? where are you from ?

I just bought the same winch. How did you get the hook through the rollers?

I didn't see you winch jack!

What did you use to power and control the winch? Did you just clamp it to spare battery or something?

....unde se comercializează așa ceva... !?

nice I need one of those I like that welder to what is that a plasma cutter / welder?

Great idea. Can you connect this to the trailor power harness if available? Thanks

Estoy interesado dígame hay entrega a Honduras??

How much

kha milegi

why are you using a tig welder? why not a little mig ?

tôi cần mua máy tời này

máy tời này có bán Thị trường việt nam ko

Probably too much current needed for the winch than the lighting harness can provide.

What the hell only 2000lbs?

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Very cool,did you make the battery connections easily removable, if so how?

Для показухи сойдет

can you talk?

Con này mà VN có thì chắc mấy cu?

ფასი რა აქ

Why you no talk?

Ты чо немой ?

...Nui nici un roman prost pe aici... Numa eu... !?

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wtf do you need a winch on your CAR for? pull that blockhead out of the parking spot that you wanted?

OK now we know you are a clever guy with a lot of tools at home,thats not for everybody,and dont think anybody cares about if you are clever or not,thumbs down of course

Bad video