Tree Farmer uses big word terminology, but he does know what he is talking about. Put in simpler words for those of lesser intellegence, it alway seems to make sense. He made me understand how he figured differences in torque readings. Took me a while, but I got it. In the winch thing here, it can be explained by two words. MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE- A term I picked up in 9th grade Physical Science. It applies to the ease of pulling, lifting, etc. by means of levers, pulleys, and stuff like that. If you had two pulleys, then you would have an even greater pulling capacity. It takes less force to pull when you have a greater mechanical advantage.

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Andy Bassham *(1999 Arctic Cat 500 4x4, 1989 Honda 300)*

 

I enjoy everyones post!

Got my winch that I purchased for the grizzly yesterday and will start putting it on today.
After looking over everthing and the load chart no wonder things heat up and switches burn out. It's a great little winch but come on; #8 (40 amp) wire for the main leads?

As for me: I'm glad I bought the winch pakage because it's easier to pull than push your way out of the mud. q:-)

Got to go put a winch on and love your post subjects. ONE GOOD INFO PLACE!

mborum= 2000 grizzly and that's my opinion

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I love having the winch, but I wouldn't have got it if I hadn't got in in the promotion package. $300+ is too much for me personally to spend on something that I wouldn't use that much. I don't really ever go out and play with the winch much. It is mainly insurance for if I ever decide to try something on my quad that there is a chance I might not make it through. Its nice to have it when you need it.

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Andy Bassham *(1999 Arctic Cat 500 4x4, 1989 Honda 300)*

 

How stupid can I get
I purchased a Rule winch this spring and later went riding in the mountains. I got hung up on a stump in an off camber hillside. I'll bet I fought that thing for 15 minutes and was sweating like a pig. I was thinking I wish I had my come-a-long with me. I felt like a complete idiot when I realized I had the winch. Bet I don't forget again.Worked great though.

 

Right you are, Mborum!

ATV winches draw astronomical currents (ninety (90) amps at full pull with my ATV1500, according to SuperWinch).

The limited electrical power generation and storage systems on ATV's, combined with the high current draw of winches, means electrical winch operation is possible only intermittently--maybe the hand-crank feature of my ATV1500 is a good idea!

Solenoid-controlled and -powered winches, like the Warn 2500, spare the hand-held "In-Out" switch the full current load, while smaller winches, like the Warn 2000 and SuperWinch ATV1500 pass the full load through the control switch.

Locating a properly-rated DPDT solenoid necessary for converting to solenoid-control and -power is hard, outside of a winch manufacturer. At around $ 100, SuperWinch's solenoid kit, 2/3 the cost of a new winch, is hard to justify.

Now, with four automobile starter solenoids and some wire . . . I'm headed to the junkyard!

Tree Farmer

 

TreeFarmer,

Try Napa instead. Brand new solenoids for ~$8 each. I just recently got rid of my large rotary switch in favor of 4 solenoids and a dual-pole, dual-throw, center-off, momentary rocker switch.

I got the wiring diagram at Windrock ATV Club

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