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Best Comealong/manual winch option

ID Bronco

ID Bronco

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Location
Idaho Falls, ID
What is your favorite manual winch option when you need to pull a vehicle onto a trailer without a winch? I have not gotten my multimount winch set up on my trailer yet and sometimes I want a manual option.

I see lots of cheap comealong options and some $1K options too.

Also, the Warn Pullzall looks awesome and is referred to in a few threads I searched but is the 110 and the 24v option up to pulling a roller onto a trailer under good circumstances?

Thanks
 
Greg

Greg

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Grand Junction, CO
Using a come-along works, but it's exhausting. I'd love to have a Pullzall.

Recently I've used another vehicle with a winch to load my non-driving vehicles onto the trailer. 😁

I have a Harbor Freight 3500# winch mounted on my trailer and about 2 years after buying it, it stopped working. That pisses me off.
 
I Lean

I Lean

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Utah
It's far from ideal, but the last couple times I've needed to do that, I used a pair of ratchet straps. Crank one strap to pull it forward as far as it will go (4"?), then hook up the other strap and pull some more. Then release strap #1 to repeat.

If you have a Hi-lift available, that would get you much further between resets.

Another vehicle to pull with, or (obviously) a winch is mucho betterio.
 
Kevin B.

Kevin B.

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Stinkwater
This has a manual option, or runs on 12v. Mount it temp or permanent. Says the final gear ratio is 18-1, I don't know if that's deep enough to pull a heavy rig up a set of ramps by hand?

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DAA

DAA

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Greg

Greg

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Grand Junction, CO
ID Bronco

ID Bronco

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Idaho Falls, ID
N-Smooth

N-Smooth

Smooth Gang Founding Member
Location
UT
I Lean said:
It's far from ideal, but the last couple times I've needed to do that, I used a pair of ratchet straps. Crank one strap to pull it forward as far as it will go (4"?), then hook up the other strap and pull some more. Then release strap #1 to repeat.

If you have a Hi-lift available, that would get you much further between resets.

Another vehicle to pull with, or (obviously) a winch is mucho betterio.
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That's some XJ-guy poverty sh*t right there^^



(I've done it too)
 
1969honda

1969honda

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Cache
I vote for taking some inspiration from the Egyptians. Enslave a minority population (your kids and any other innocent bystanders) to pull on a rope and threaten to remove any electronic devices from their lives.
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I've also used the ratchet strap method a few times when no winch or tow vehicle was available.
 
TurboMinivan

TurboMinivan

Still plays with cars
Location
Lehi, UT
What my friend Mike did:

1) Buy a 5000-lb UTV winch at Harbor Freight (now up to $180).
2) Buy matching mounting plate ($6).
3) Weld plate to front of trailer; mount winch to plate facing rearward.
4) Buy a set of quick connect battery connectors and a pair of battery cable clamps.
5) Attach one connector to winch wiring; attach other connector to battery clamps.
6) Take a loose car battery with you whenever you are going to winch something on to your trailer.

Don't want to fiddle with a loose battery? Get a long length of hefty battery cables, attach one end to your tow rig's battery, run the wires underneath along the frame to the rear bumper, attach a battery connector to that end, and attach this connector to your tow rig's bumper. Now plug the winch cable into this connector instead.

This strategy has worked for us for a few years now.
 
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