corsair231
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- Jul 8, 2005
Looking for a winch (NOT A WENCH, get your minds out of the gutter guys ) to add to my car hauler. Electric, of course. Question is: Which winch is which? This is not something that will be in regular/heavy use. I'm not looking for something to drag a stuck 4WD out of the mud. I'm just looking for an economical (read cheap) winch to possibly help load the trailer by myself with at most a non-running vehicle. Every winch I see rated for cars start at about 9,000 lbs. with a price to match. Everything 3,500 to 5,000 pounds or states it is only for atvs, golf carts, etc. To me seems like it should be plenty enough to pull a car up on a trailer after all it should only be the rolling resistance it should have to overcome and not the whole weight of the vehicle. How big (or small) of a winch do I really need?