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NOXJohn

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Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Hey John,

I purchased one of them winches from Harbor Freight, recently.

I mounted the winch on the front of a lawn tractor for raising and lowering a snow plow. Works great. The Harbor Freight store in Harrisburg honored a coupon that I found in the Frederick Sunday Paper. $49.00.

The project proved out to be the best way for raising the JD blade that was fitted up to an old Sears tractor.

Hope this helps. By the way, at the price, I am sorta thinking about purchaseing another winch, just to have around.

John,PA
 
(quoted from post at 18:11:40 11/09/12) Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.

what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch,,, Not much,,, to enjoy what a real winch can do you will need to start here (link)... I have one about like it (8K),,, its moved every thing I have hooked it to... I searched Jeep forums and found the Superwinch I brought to be the beast bang for the buck that's reliable....
I can not locate the model I have at this time I paid $399 for it and $50 for a roller fairlead... I made my own mounting plate...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578301_200578301
 
I have a couple cheapo ones.
a 2000 to lift my snowplow on a NAA
and a 3000 on a 4-wheeler.
they pull fine...for light duty
a snatch block makes them act 'bigger'
the cheap little ones seem to have weak brakes,
but they do pull ok.
 
(quoted from post at 11:18:05 11/09/12)
(quoted from post at 18:11:40 11/09/12) Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.

what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch,,, Not much,,, to enjoy what a real winch can do you will need to start here (link)... I have one about like it (8K),,, its moved every thing I have hooked it to... I searched Jeep forums and found the Superwinch I brought to be the beast bang for the buck that's reliable....
I can not locate the model I have at this time I paid $399 for it and $50 for a roller fairlead... I made my own mounting plate...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578301_200578301

I have zero experience with winches but I'm wondering, wouldn't an 8000 pound winch move your jeep or tractor before moving an 8000 pound object?
 
(quoted from post at 10:11:40 11/09/12) Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.

Do you ever get that tractor stuck :idea:

TOH
 
(quoted from post at 14:25:15 11/09/12)
(quoted from post at 10:11:40 11/09/12) Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.

Do you ever get that tractor stuck :idea:

TOH

I can see where even a 2000# winch would be good for that. Is the front bumper on an 8N sturdy enough to mount a winch on?
 
As to mounting it on the front of your 8N, you might be better off with a good chain with hooks or a cable with same. The tractor weighs approx 2700#, with the brakes locked on on maybe slightly more effective. If you have a 4,000# unit to pull out of the muck/ditch, guess what ?
 
A winch should be rated for 1.5 to 2 times the weight of the object you want to move. That said I had a 3000 lb Harbor Freight mounted on the front of my GEO tracker. Used it once to move a tree that had fallen across the road, not a real big tree but not a small one either.
 
(quoted from post at 23:20:15 11/09/12)
(quoted from post at 11:18:05 11/09/12)
(quoted from post at 18:11:40 11/09/12) Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.

what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch,,, Not much,,, to enjoy what a real winch can do you will need to start here (link)... I have one about like it (8K),,, its moved every thing I have hooked it to... I searched Jeep forums and found the Superwinch I brought to be the beast bang for the buck that's reliable....
I can not locate the model I have at this time I paid $399 for it and $50 for a roller fairlead... I made my own mounting plate...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578301_200578301

I have zero experience with winches but I'm wondering, wouldn't an 8000 pound winch move your jeep or tractor before moving an 8000 pound object?

Iffin its a real winch it should,,, what good is it if neither end moves :?: Thats is were you are going with a HF 2K toy.... :cry:
 
Save your money, years ago I bought a 2000 pound "winch". I wanted to use to load my trailor with a car ,truck or tractor. I hooked my 41 9-N at the base of my trailor and tried to load it. Didn't even get to top of ramp. I thought maybe the battery was not good enough so brought my truck, with the engine running as close to the winch as I could and still could not get my 9 on the trailor..

It is for sale anybody?
joe
 
The only way that 2000 pound winch would move 2000 pounds is if you use a three part line. That is with two snatch blocks. Then it might pull 2000 pounds.

Zane
 
post a link to it? I have a 4k 1 2v winch from HF.. black plastic kind. ( same as the reese that walmart sells for 90$ by the way same model # on tag.. just different main sticker.. :)

it is setup to do single cable.. or double the cable for half speed and more pull.

obviously does more rolling laod than dead pull.

It's the winch I have always taken with me when fetching tractors.

I can tell you for sure it will pull a 53-64 era non running, but rolling.. ( flat tires even ) ford tractor onto a trailer if you have a car battery setting on the trailer.. I always take a battery with me when fetching tractors too.

I can tell you also that while it did not like it.. it greatly assisted loading a e350 converted passanger van onto a trailer from the side of the interstate. we doubled the cable and had a man on a come along helping.

got that huge van loaded.. would have been a nightmare without the winch.. as I can tell you i HAVE loaded vehicles of that size on my equipment trailer using nothing other than ratchet straps and a high lift farm jack setup to pull or push... ugh.. what NOT fun that is. :)

My standard 'go' rig now has a full set of tools, jacks, hi lift and bottle and screw type.., wheel chocks, cribbing timber. spare battery. air up tank and small compressor, winch, and spare battery. electrical tool kit including truck and trailer spare lamps and fuses and doo-dads and butane powered solder iron.. extra flat brad trialer wire and crimp kit.. spare trailer plug.. lots of e-tape and bailing wire, also have an inverter built in to side of tool box #1 on te truck, and a power outlet at rear of truck as well as a work lamp and 12v plug accy at both of my 7 pin locations in bed and at bumper. this rig also carrie extra diesel and a gas jerry can, plus 1 tool box (#2) of just needed emergency fluids for truck or could be used on another auto.. I have my old set of hoses and serpentine belt from last service in a trash bag plus extra clamps too. good set of led work lights.. prybars and irons.. etc.extra CPS for the 7.3 powerstroke too. truck is my 99 450 with 3 tool boxes and 70g xfer tank.. setup to pull gooseneck, 5th wheel, 4 ball sizes and pintel if really eeded. air bag suspension ... has a 4.88 rear so she don't go much over 73.. but will pull the proverbial house doing so... she's old.. but works..
 
Bought a similar winch at Northern Tools, Mounted on front of 9N, use to lift snow plow and brush rake. works good for that. Haven't really used it for a big job. wouldn't expect too much from it.
 
NOXJohn,

I've have an older HF 2000 lb winch. I use it with a movable pulley to pull a 4640 lb lawn roller on my trailer. The movable pulley doubles your pulling force to 4000 lb. Without a pulley, the winch is about worthless. I've pulled a ford 4x4 F150 on trailer with it, no problem. I use a 12v trolling battery to power winch. Don't know what the amp draw is, but it sucks a lot of power. Make sure you get a winch with rollers to keep cable in center of spool.

Personally, I don't see any advantage of putting it on the front of a tractor, unless you have a tree near by to pull yourself out with it. If you were trying to pull something with it, good luck. I think all you will accomplish is slidding your rear tires. Traction is traction and you don't have that much on an 8N, especially with the tire bars backwards. May have better luck attaching winch to the rear of tractor.

I would use a long chain to pull stuck things with. Attach chain to 3 pt drawbar and pull as high as possible to transfer weight from front wheels to rear wheels for more traction. Be careful you don't do a wheelie.

If my winch dies, I'll buy something stronger built. However, my winch beats a come-along.

George
 

Most missed he said "to pull out stuck vehicles"... Stuck means his Ox is in the ditch :wink: Most hand crank winches are rated at 2K... Cheap 2...
 
That is exactly what happens, I had 8000 winch on
the front of my Jeep Cherokee , I pulled a few
people out of ditches , but they weren't stuck
badly and is what happens the front end of your
vehicle pulls down and can pull you into them. I
tried pulling out stumps but you can't pull out
stumps either, you have lift up to pull them out.
Stan
2N with 8N motor 8N345567
8N 146710
8N 179555
8N 197904
8N 199000
8N 254079
8N 362039
 
(quoted from post at 12:20:15 11/09/12)
(quoted from post at 11:18:05 11/09/12)
(quoted from post at 18:11:40 11/09/12) Harbor freight has a 2000lbs 12 volt electric winch on sale. I have never owned a winch and have no idea what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch. Disregarding that it may be a piece of junk, is a 2000 lb winch worth buying? I have no other use for it then mounting it on the front of one of my 8Ns to pull out stuck vehicles or to move heavy objects. Any advise or suggestions would be appreciated.

what can be done with a 2000 lbs winch,,, Not much,,, to enjoy what a real winch can do you will need to start here (link)... I have one about like it (8K),,, its moved every thing I have hooked it to... I searched Jeep forums and found the Superwinch I brought to be the beast bang for the buck that's reliable....
I can not locate the model I have at this time I paid $399 for it and $50 for a roller fairlead... I made my own mounting plate...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578301_200578301

I have zero experience with winches but I'm wondering, wouldn't an 8000 pound winch move your jeep or tractor before moving an 8000 pound object?

I would think the even a 2,000# winch mounted on an 8n would move the tractor before it moved anything else.
 
to put it another way a 2000lb winch is simply an electric come along, it will do what a hand powered light duty come along will do, you can do general lifting chores with it, like picking up a bundle of fence poles, pulling your deer up into a tree to process it, unless its a atv though 2000 lb winch isn't going to free much of a stuck vehicle
 
(quoted from post at 10:03:44 11/11/12) to put it another way a 2000lb winch is simply an electric come along, it will do what a hand powered light duty come along will do, you can do general lifting chores with it, like picking up a bundle of fence poles, pulling your deer up into a tree to process it, unless its a atv though 2000 lb winch isn't going to free much of a stuck vehicle

I live on hilly wooded land and get my trucks and tractors stuck a lot. I have winched them out of bad spots with a cheap TSC come-along dozens of times - in fact three different times this summer when I got stuck mowing. They weren't axle deep in a bog - just in a slippery spot, hung on a ground obstacle, or down in a hole they couldn't manage to climb out of on their own. All they needed was a little help with traction. If you can actually get a 2000 pound pull out of that cheap winch I would think it would be useful mounted to the front bumper on a tractor for just those sorts of occasions. Save you the hike to the shed to get the come-along.

JMO,

TOH.
 
I've never owned a winch BUT... IIRC the RATING is based on pull from the FIRST layer of cable on the drum.... If you have 4 or 5 layers of cable on the drum it won't pull NEARLY as much as it will on the first layer...

As the drum effective diameter gets LARGER, you lose lots of pull... true for ANY winch.

Think on that...

duey
 
(quoted from post at 20:59:25 11/12/12) I've never owned a winch BUT... IIRC the RATING is based on pull from the FIRST layer of cable on the drum.... If you have 4 or 5 layers of cable on the drum it won't pull NEARLY as much as it will on the first layer...

As the drum effective diameter gets LARGER, you lose lots of pull... true for ANY winch.

Think on that...

duey

Certainly something to keep in mind when comparison shopping for winches. A quick check of the Ramsey site confirms that rating system and also tells me that their 8K rated winch has an actual line pull of 6.7K at two layers, 5.7K at 3 layers , and 5K when the spool is full at 4 layers.

I'm also thinking that a simple snatch block on the cable halves the reach but doubles the pull - true for any pulley system. So if I spool out half my line and run it through a snatch block and back to the winch I'll get an actual line pull of 6.7K x 2 = 13.4K at my block. The more line I spool out the more pull I get.

I'll think on that too....

TOH
 

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