im starting to set up arear winch set up for my 07 700

1. do you have to have a contactor, because I was just going to use the remote plug and remote instead of having 2 rockerboxes on my bars

2. i haven't been able to find a mount plate for the rear, so i tink i might make one

3. any ideas on how to mount up the wich without loosing access to the tool box

thanks in advance

 

you don't need 2 contactors, just need extra set of wires to run to the back for the winch motor. why don't you make a hitch to slide into your receiver? thats how polaris does it for the ranger. you should talk to your local dealer about purchasing just the wire harness for the multi-mount winch system, these are heavy duty quick disconnects so all you have to do is unhook your winch by pulling wire apart at connection, slide winch out of receiver, move winch to rear receiver, put in pin, connect wires, then you run winch using existing switch.

 

i thought about a reciever mount, but wanted to keep my ball on too

 

you can just take off the male portion of the hitch with the ball, when you want to use the winch, then store it in the rear storage box.

 

I had a Polaris Multi-Mount for one of my Sportsmans. I don't know if that's what you want or not but it's a great system. I kept my winch on the back unless I needed it on the front, like when I plow. I had the Multi-Mount front bumper too. It takes a matter of seconds to pull the bumper off, pull the winch off the back, and put it on the front. The rear mounted winch balances the ATV out better and you can winch yourself back out of a mess instead of through it. If you need it on the front, pull the two quick-realease pins and unplug the cable to swap ends. Warn makes a Multi-Mount too, and Montana Jack's makes a front reciever so you can use the trailer hitch or winch on either end. To me it's better to have one winch I can swap fron front to back as needed, than to have two winches. It's a whole lot cheaper too. Polaris may have dropped the multi-mount, but the other two are still available.

http://www.purepolaris.com/Search.aspx?q=multi-mount

http://www.warn.com/atv/atv_mu...p?refresh=true&winch=1

http://www.montanajacks.com/in...on=VIEWCATS&Category=8

 

they didn't totally drop it, they still offer it for rangers.

 

The Polaris ATV multi-mount doesn't use the receiver hitch. It mounts up higher where a bumper goes. You couldn't fit a Ranger mount of this style on it any easier than you could put a Ranger bumper on the Sportsman. It looks like it fits all these ATVs and possibly more. I don't trust the website to be up to date.

Type Year Model
ATV 2006 Magnum 330
ATV 2005 Magnum 330
ATV 2004 Magnum 330
ATV 2004 Xplorer 400
ATV 2003 Magnum 330
ATV 2003 Sportsman 400
ATV 2003 Sportsman 500 H.O.
ATV 2003 Xplorer 400
ATV 2002 Magnum 325
ATV 2002 Magnum 500
ATV 2002 Sportsman 400
ATV 2002 Sportsman 500 H.O.
ATV 2002 Xpedition 325
ATV 2002 Xpedition 425
ATV 2002 Xplorer 400
ATV 2001 Diesel 500
ATV 2001 Magnum 325
ATV 2001 Magnum 500
ATV 2001 Sportsman 400
ATV 2001 Sportsman 500 H.O.
ATV 2001 Xpedition 325
ATV 2001 Xpedition 425
ATV 2001 Xplorer 400
ATV 2000 Diesel 500
ATV 2000 Magnum 325
ATV 2000 Magnum 500
ATV 2000 Sportsman 325
ATV 2000 Sportsman 500
ATV 2000 Xpedition 325
ATV 2000 Xpedition 425
ATV 2000 Xplorer 400
ATV 1999 Diesel 500
ATV 1999 Magnum 500
ATV 1999 Sportsman 325
ATV 1999 Sportsman 500
ATV 1999 Xplorer 300
ATV 1999 Xplorer 400
ATV 1999 Xpress 300
ATV 1998 Sportsman 500
ATV 1998 Xplorer 300
ATV 1998 Xplorer 400
ATV 1998 Xplorer 500
ATV 1998 Xpress 300
ATV 1997 Sportsman 500
ATV 1997 Xplorer 300
ATV 1997 Xplorer 400L
ATV 1997 Xplorer 500
ATV 1997 Xpress 300
ATV 1997 Xpress 400L
ATV 1996 Sportsman 500
ATV 1996 Xplorer 300
ATV 1996 Xplorer 400L
ATV 1996 Xpress 300
ATV 1996 Xpress 400L

 

I made this last year.....

http://www.pbase.com/rottweiler/jcdeyo25


John