Winch2Go 4000lb Winch Steel Rope

I have a 580 lb. horse drawn carriage that I pull up ramps into a large van. I tried at least 4 of those "portable winches" that cost from $60 to $100. Even though these are rated at 2000 pounds and should exceed the requirements, in my experience, they were fragile and often broke after just a few pulls. The last one regurgitated some of its internal parts before going into whine mode that meant no pulling ever again.iThis is not ok. I need something more dependable. And less likely to cause bleedy hands from frayed wires. This Superwinch Winch2Go is rated at 4000 lbs pull. and has the cable (not wires). I have tried it out several times and am very pleased with how well it does its job. A small problem was the power leads were too short to reach my battery. So I purchased a heavy duty jumper cable (4 AWG) and lengthened them with that.Even though I forgot to wear the supplied gloves, it was a minor joy to not hurt my hands with this cable. Given the choice, I very much recommend this over the wire winches.The configuration of the box lended itself well to my anchoring requirements. I am pleased with the quality of everything in this well-thought-out winch. Now I don't worry about being in the wilderness and being unable to load my carriage.

Mechanic by trade. My driveway is pretty steep and I occasionally need to get a non running vehicle to the top. In the past I’ve used a tire wedged between vehicles to push them up. Pretty sketchy and always some paint rub.I priced a harbor freight winch with a plate, shackles, webbing, snatch block, and I could get close to the price of this kit. But that would be from 4 vendors, driving places, stupid coupons, etc.Like other reviews have stated the latches on the toolbox are plastic. Boo hoo at this price. It’s low cost because of things like this. Been holding up fine for me.Additionally, I found reviewers have stated that the wire wrote frays after repeated use. Any chineseium steel cable will do this. It’s why they make replacement cables. Again, y’all are shopping price here.I’ve used come-alongs in the past, I really regret not getting this earlier in life. Additionally, the box hold everything so you don’t misplace, damage a power lead or remote control if you put it away for some time between uses.I started engineering needs for this once I got it. No more laying under the trailer like a chump trying to rewire it.

The plastic knob broke on first use, but company did right and sent me a unit.

I was a little dubious after reading the negative responses about the latches, but went ahead and ordered. I agree the latches on the lid are not the sturdiest, but there are handles on the ends of the box that you can use to pick up the unit and the latches only need to close the lid. I run a lawn mower repair shop and our trailer sits outside, so didn't want a winch to set out in the weather all the time. I have used it several times to load large zero turn units. Works great. I use one of the included straps to wrap around the tongue of the trailer and attach to the unit with the included clevis pins. I run the winch rope through the pulley and back to the front of the trailer. I attach the second strap to the unit and to the hook on the pulley. I carry a jump pack to try to jump start the mower and if that doesn't work, power the winch with it to pull the mower onto the trailer. Pulls very heavy units on the trailer easily.

Update: I use this in my toy hauler RV to load my golf cart in the garage. I’m handicapped so I also bought the wireless remote and it allows me to load and unload while sitting in the golf cart by myself. I use a car battery in a battery box to power the winch which I also keep in the RV garage on a trickle charger. The nylon winch line is already frayed and ready to break. I called customer service at Superwinch where I was informed the winch line is not covered under the warranty. The winch is not even 6 months old.

I finally got the chance to use this winch after about 45 days of purchasing .. I actually purchased this to pull vehicles onto my car trailer , alot of vehicles are over 5000lbs but I bought this anyway and decided I would just stick to normal size cars when I needed to use it . Well today not only did I finally use it but I used it ( without) the snatch block ( hook straight to vehicle ) 5000lbs vehicle onto my car trailer and not only did it pull it . But I forgot to put it in neutral and it was dragging the back tires going up the ramp . I was frankly SHOCKED . even then it didn't seem like it was struggling. Once I put the vehicle in neutral. It was like NOTHING for this winch to pull this vehicle that exceedsd its capacity by 1000lbs. So I am highly highly impressed with the power .. I am unable to provide details of the longevity of this winch. But if you think this thing won't pull a vehicle up onto a car trailer . Your wrong. It will do it with out breaking a sweat ..

I bought this unit lo pull my tractor out of a swampy areas. The tractor was sunk to the axel on one side. By securing the winch to the front of the tractor and looped the cable (via pulley and extra rope) to big tree, I was able to pull my tractor free.I was careful to do it in small bursts, so not to fry the motor. The unit operated as I hoped.The only thing I would change, is to order the apparatus with the rope instead of the cable. The cable shows signs of coming apart. This was mostly my fault, as I was not able to guide the cable properly as it was reeling in under load.Overall I'm very happy with the purchase.