So I got a decent sized trailer and decided to mount a winch on it. Eventually The trailer will possibly have more carrying capacity than the winch will pulling. So a 12K winch is nice enough for now. Being lazy I did not feel like flopping around my Warn 12K onto a trailer when needed.
The Warn comes with a larger drum and a longer 12K rated pulling distance. Warn also has 125 feet of 3/8 inch cable.
HF is 65 feet of 3/8 cable with a smaller drum and less 12K strength pulling distance.
Magnets on the HF winch being glued in versus Warm bolting theirs in. I did like the 45 second usage time with a 4 minute 15 second cooling period of the HF winch. Guess I will not be in a hurry.
The HF winch comes with a cable guide and does not look like it will tolerate any pulling from an excessive angle. The HF winch with the larger drum and no cable guide is a lot more tolerant of angle pulling.
I picked up the HF12K winch because of the minimal usage, the typical straight line pull onto a trailer and the inexpensive price.
To actually use this on the front of a vehicle? Well, as long as all your pulling is a Honda econo-box in a straight line, it should work fine.
The Warn comes with a larger drum and a longer 12K rated pulling distance. Warn also has 125 feet of 3/8 inch cable.
HF is 65 feet of 3/8 cable with a smaller drum and less 12K strength pulling distance.
Magnets on the HF winch being glued in versus Warm bolting theirs in. I did like the 45 second usage time with a 4 minute 15 second cooling period of the HF winch. Guess I will not be in a hurry.
The HF winch comes with a cable guide and does not look like it will tolerate any pulling from an excessive angle. The HF winch with the larger drum and no cable guide is a lot more tolerant of angle pulling.
I picked up the HF12K winch because of the minimal usage, the typical straight line pull onto a trailer and the inexpensive price.
To actually use this on the front of a vehicle? Well, as long as all your pulling is a Honda econo-box in a straight line, it should work fine.