Wanted to share this trailer winch install (Warn 10k Winch)…that I’ve just finished up today.
I’ve added a 1/4” steel plate for the winch in its cradle to sit on, and bolted the plate through the trailer frame. However, I didn’t stop there. I also welded the 1/4” steel plate to the front frame in several spots. You will see in the pictures below that I welded a 2” receiver tube to the large heavy jack frame on the trailer, and it is also supported with additional plates under it and gussets were added and welded solid. The receiver tube allows for easy removal of the winch to use on my large gooseneck trailer, that has a receiver tube as well, up in the neck.
To most folks, this set up is overkill, but my experience tells me, when you really load up a Warn 10k winch with something heavy, it won’t stop pulling until you reach your goal, or something breaks. In my case, this will never break, so better safe than sorry. When you are pulling hard, like 10k hard, you dang sure don’t want something to break!
I’ve also added quick plugs using heavy battery cables, which allows for easy removal of the winch from one trailer to the other, in just minutes. This quick plug is shown below in pictures.
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The easy carry, quick detachable mount with handles, that the Warn 10k Winch bolts to came from Amazon, and was $55.99 w/free shipping. I did have to modify it a little bit to accept this large 10k winch, but other than that, it’s a nice, affordable cradle for the winch. It’s called JY performance cradle winch mount.
In case you’re wondering, my bumper hitch flatbed trailer is an 2018 PJ 22’ tilt deck, 14k w/14ply tires. the front is 6’ stationary and the tilt portion is 16’. Located in front of my spare tire, is a large tool box, which is where I’ve added a battery box with battery for the winch. Next is to add the solar charger to top/lid of this tool box, which will keep my battery fully charges and always topped off.
The battery box I chose was the NOCO snap top BG27 from Amazon.com. This is a very inexpensive battery box with nice latching top to keep battery protected from weather and elements. It will accept group 27 up to group 31 battery’s, which are large. It also has a movable divider to accommodate smaller battery’s if needed.
The solar charger I chose for my trailers is, POWOXI Upgraded 7.5W-Solar-Battery-Trickle-Charger-Maintainer-12V Portable Waterproof Solar Panel Trickle Charging Kit for Car, Automotive, Motorcycle, Boat, Marine, RV,Trailer, Snowmobile, etc…also from Amazon.com.
I made a steel mount for the spare tire, so it mounts to the front of the large heavy frame jack. This is the perfect spot and keeps the spare tire tucked in between the jack and tool box, for zero wasted space. Under the spare tire and tool box is a large heavy extruded metal open box tray for chains and binders. This is welded in between the frame rails, which comes standard on this type of PJ trailer.
If you need or want any info or links to where I picked up the rest of my equipment and parts for this build, then reach out to me and I will hook you up!
Always do your best,
-Mike Pilcher
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