Help attaching a winch

tsayre

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We are trying to restore a John Deere 16 Tilt a bed Trailer for an FFA project. We cannot figure out how to properly attach the winch. The trailer was in pieces when we received it so we would appreciate any insight you can offer.
 
My preference would be to mount it at the front of the trailer on a custom made mount about 12 to 15 inches above the trailer floor. Put a
stiffener brace or two to the "A" frame of the trailer. That way when pulling a tractor on there is a slight upward angle to the cable.
My trailers all have a bump bar in the front that could be used as the starting point for installation. Option two would be to mount it at
the front of the trailer attaching it to a 2 inch receiver which is permanently fastened to the trailer floor and cross members underneath
the floor. That way the winch can be easily removed when not needed for longer ownership if/when tempted by those with sticky fingers.
 
I mounted mine with a receiver hitch so I can use the winch for other jobs and also keep it out of the weather.
 
(reply to post at 13:32:02 04/09/16)
In a picture we found it appears to be mounted at the bottom of the trailer. Any thoughts on that? We want to restore it as close to original as possible. Thanks!
 
If you are talking about the original winch and not an aftermarket one........had a two wheel trailer with duals and tilt bed. Factory made
and may have been JD now that I remember the wheel caps with JD on them. Winch was under the bed and operated with a hand crank. Cable came
up thru the bed and over a pulley and to the rear of the trailer.
 
(quoted from post at 15:33:48 04/09/16) If you are talking about the original winch and not an aftermarket one........had a two wheel trailer with duals and tilt bed. Factory made
and may have been JD now that I remember the wheel caps with JD on them. Winch was under the bed and operated with a hand crank. Cable came
up thru the bed and over a pulley and to the rear of the trailer.
So was the winch mounted on the oak board? And was there a base plate? My winch has the two gears on it and your description matches mine.
 

Weld the "female" part of a 2" hitch receiver to the front of your trailer deck. Then attach your winch to the "male" part of the receiver.

When you need the winch, just slide the winch in, put in the receiver bolt, then insert the little key pin and you are good to go.

With this setup, you can keep the winch out of the weather when you do not need it.

Works for me. LA in WI
 
The winch was mounted under the floor with steel flat iron straps to add more support than just the floor boards. Without the flat iron the
winch would have pushed thru the floor.
 
(quoted from post at 17:23:16 04/09/16) The winch was mounted under the floor with steel flat iron straps to add more support than just the floor boards. Without the flat iron the
winch would have pushed thru the floor.
How big were these straps?
 
I would guess they were 2" wide and 1/4" thick. You can make those easily enough. They go on top of the bed to keep the winch mounting bolts
from pulling thru the deck boards.
 
Casecollector is rite, The original J D winch was under the trailer floor. All so, it mite of had two shafts out to the side of the floor, one for a high speed gearing . The other was for slower , heavier pulling.
There is a pulley at the front of the floor that lets the cable that comes from the winch go back to what ever it is hooked to.
If I rember rite , John Deere at Moline has manuals on those trailers. There are manuals/ books to be had. clint
 

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