Power Winch

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I have not said much on the electric winch issue as I have always had problems with them and have friends that have not had the best of luck with them either, and they are$$$.

But this year I took a chance as with my health and Kennys bad knee we really needed one or no fishing!
After careful consideration I looked at and asked here what the best winches were? All costing much more money then I have at this point seeing I have not worked in 17 months. So with 0 income I had to go cheap!!

I took a chance and bought a 3000# ATV winch from Harbor Freight for $139 + for extra $30 a 2 year replacement warranty. I have to say after a sumer of use this thing is AWESOME!! Not only is it water proof but it is so fast that it puts them high price marine winches to shame!! For a extra costa of $25 you can also get a wireless remote to carry on you!! But we find the 12' wired one is plenty good enough for us. It did take some rigging up to make work on the trailer as they wanted you to have 2 different switches on it with a solenoid in the wiring. But i used just one switch and a piece of 4" PVC for a housing to add all the wiring crap in, then sealed the ends with caps and good to go!! I will get a few pictures tomorrow and post them.
The cable never sees the water as it is powered out and in by the remote so as your walking out you just feed the cable out, then retrieve it when ready.
When I gt home I house the thing down with a garden hose and spray the cable with WD/

Here is a link.

winch:
http://www.harborfreight.com/3000-lb...ake-68145.html

wireless remote

http://www.harborfreight.com/wireles...rol-69229.html