What winch are you using on your car trailer?

[YY1]

1. You know this how exactly?
2. I submit, the added hung safety item rarely if ever slips off a broken cable, mainly because the broken cable when it "snaps', almost never moves in a straight-line promoting slippage but actually "curls" and grabs whatever is hung from it, since the hung piece becomes a mass and aero discontinuity in the uniform cable when moving in recoil upon breakage.

It doesn't slip off the cable at all.

I've had several regular towels slip off from wind or just bad balance.

I've never had a cable break.

 

[j-c-c-62]

It doesn't slip off the cable at all.

I've had several regular towels slip off from wind or just bad balance.

I've never had a cable break.

So now we are discussing two different scenarios keeping any safety accessory on a cable when in casual use and in place when the cable actually fails. The first seems easy to resolve and the second I repeat is likely not an issue and somewhat self correcting.

 

[YY1]

So now we are discussing two different scenarios keeping any safety accessory on a cable when in casual use and in place when the cable actually fails. The first seems easy to resolve and the second I repeat is likely not an issue and somewhat self correcting.

...unless the dry towel slips off from a gust of wind right before the cable breaks.

 

[j-c-c-62]

...unless the dry towel slips off from a gust of wind right before the cable breaks.

Or it catches fire, or a dog grabs it, or an eagle flies away with it, etc. a piece of duck tape, a larger towel, or a simple tied square knot and a glass of water applied should get the focus back on track of the real issues here.

 

[YY1]

...or it enters an inter-dimensional rift caused by the wound cable vibrating at a frequency that coincides with string theory "standing wave" perception.

 

[j-c-c-62]

...or it enters an inter-dimensional rift caused by the wound cable vibrating at a frequency that coincides with string theory "standing wave" perception.

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So, just use a larger piece of duck tape, what is the problem?
Besides not sure what the significant amplitude of a cable can be achieved when nearing its breaking point that applies here.

 

[YY1]

 

[Jeff Peterson]

 

[YY1]

I actually discovered an extremely similar sound about 1980 by banging an empty aluminum bleacher bench.
Thought sure I had discovered "how they did it". Even made an effort to show all my friends.

I was close...and decades before it was general knowledge.

 

[RiverRaider]

I have the 12,000 lbs. winch from Harbor Freight on my 1999 18' Road Warrior brand trailer. I bought the winch, winch receiver mount and the receiver socket from Harbor Freight. I have had a Northern Tool brand tool box on the trailer since new. I removed the tool box and welded a receiver socket into the frame so I could remove the winch by pulling the receiver pin when have the side racks mounted. I notched out the tool box back and bottom to clear the receiver socket and remounted and sealed. I have the battery for the winch, winch controller and break away box mounted in the tool box. The power cables have quick disconnects inside the tool box
for easy removal. Works great the handles on the winch mount make removal easy.

 

[Angleiron2]

9500 Lb pull super winch ,I put it on the traile 10 years ago, hauled hundreds of cars,never take it off. I have a small warn battery powered winch if I need to scoot something sideways

 

[GTXDAN]

I have the 12,000 lbs. winch from Harbor Freight on my 1999 18' Road Warrior brand trailer. I bought the winch, winch receiver mount and the receiver socket from Harbor Freight. I have had a Northern Tool brand tool box on the trailer since new. I removed the tool box and welded a receiver socket into the frame so I could remove the winch by pulling the receiver pin when have the side racks mounted. I notched out the tool box back and bottom to clear the receiver socket and remounted and sealed. I have the battery for the winch, winch controller and break away box mounted in the tool box. The power cables have quick disconnects inside the tool box
for easy removal. Works great the handles on the winch mount make removal easy.

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I mounted the one I had on my old trailer similar. I mounted the same winch to the trailer, then removed it and mounted one of those trailer tongue tool boxes right in it's place and cutout the opening for the cable and mounted the winch inside. Mounted the control cable plug in the side of the box. Put a false bottom in the box over the winch so I could store chains and such on top, and made a hinged door to cover the cable opening. If you didn't know better you would just think it was a tool box. Worked great for years.

 

[OKDart]

I have the 12,000 lbs. winch from Harbor Freight on my 1999 18' Road Warrior brand trailer. I bought the winch, winch receiver mount and the receiver socket from Harbor Freight. I have had a Northern Tool brand tool box on the trailer since new. I removed the tool box and welded a receiver socket into the frame so I could remove the winch by pulling the receiver pin when have the side racks mounted. I notched out the tool box back and bottom to clear the receiver socket and remounted and sealed. I have the battery for the winch, winch controller and break away box mounted in the tool box. The power cables have quick disconnects inside the tool box
for easy removal. Works great the handles on the winch mount make removal easy

I have the same thing, 12,000 lb HF winch mounted on a receiver. The first mount I bought was too flimsy and twisted, the second one I bought looks just like yours (think I got it from Northern Tool?). It's held up extremely well, and I've pulled so much weight the circuit breaker would trip. Used it to pull down a Black Walnut tree that fell into another tree. Also used it to drag an upright Reach style forklift on it's side up the ramps and on my trailer.
The winch is a lot of weight to carry around though, especially for somebody with back problems.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I also have a Horror Freight 12,000 lb winch in my enclosed trailer that will drag in a project car on 4 flat tires and even with seized brakes if needed. With one of their -20% off coupons it was only about $250 back when I purchased it about a dozen years ago now.

 

[RiverRaider]

When I first got the trailer in 1999 I had put the winch inside the tool box. I found the way I had it mounted was too low and the cable dragged across the deck and pulled the nose of vehicle down. With the receiver mount higher is lifts a little as thing come up the ramps. The handles on the winch mount make removing/installing easy.

OKDart I know the weak receiver mount you are talking about. I had one of those also. I bolted a toilet seat to it and gave it to friend a funny birthday gift.