ZESUPER 4500-lb Waterproof Winch Waterproof IP67 Electric Winch with Hawse Fairlead, with Both Wireless Handheld Remote (Steel Cable)

Installed on log hauler picks logs up with no problem

Update: I've used it once now, pulls the boat up easily. It took less time to load than I expected, but I only had to pull it up about 12' with little load at the beginning, but you could hear it load up a bit at the end. I got the 4500 lb wire rope model. As someone else said, I am pretty sure this is identical to the HF 5,000 lb model. This page of specs in the manual is all but identical to the HF (manual is online) and evens says the max pull is 5,000 lb; same line speeds, current draw etc. Not that it is that important, but the add says 198:1 gear ratio, but the manual says 136:1 (just like the HF model). As seen in the pictures, I mounted to my boat trailer as shown after fabricating two backer bars out of C-channel and buying some longer bolts. It sits just enough lower for the manual cable to go over the mounting bracket, but this results in it pulling down at a 45 degree angle when the boat is all the way forward. I am leaving the hand crank winch as a backup and maybe for the last couple of inches since the electric winch will be pulling down as much as forward at that point. I have not used it yet - I need to wire it up and take the boat out. I may update this afterwards. For any engineer nerds out there like me, I fit an equation to find line speed and current draw as function of load - they are both linear with load, but need to be adjusted for how many cable layers are on the spool. They fit the data pretty well: Current = 30 + 266*(%Load), where %Load is 1 for 100%, 0.1 for 10%. 100% load on first layer is 5000, layers 2,3,4 are 4080, 3450, and 2985) Line speed (fpm) = [3 - 2*(%Load)]*K, where K=6.1 for the first layer and 7.6, 9.2, 10.7 for layers 2-4. I used these to see if I will exceed the 5% duty cycle during a boat loading (I won't). It says no longer that 45 seconds at max line pull, then wait/let cool for 15 minutes. This equates to 3.7 amp-hours in 15 minutes. My conservative calculation for my 25', 7,000 lb boat is 3.44 A-hr and will take a little over a minute to pull it 20 ft onto the trailer.

This winch is basically the exact same winch as the Badlands ZXR 5000. Guaranteed they come out of the same Chinese factory. Specs and performance are the same. They're calling this a 4500 lb winch but inside the manual it says its rated for 5000lb. Seeing as the line speed specs are identical between both including gear ratio, pretty sure theyre the same and either this one is under rated 500lbs or the Badlands is over rated 500lbs for marketing. That's my guess. Either way, this is a far better deal at $100 less than the Badlands. The quality doesn't seem the best, nor the worst. Considering the low price, can't complain too much about the quality. The clutch knob is super cheap and flimsy feeling. Time will tell how long this winch lasts, but the price is pretty cheap so worth trying out. The wireless remote is a bit cheap feeling, but works awesome, no lag. The Badlands winch has pretty decent overall reviews, so I would expect this to be the same. Save a bunch and get this one,or any of the 4500 lb winches that look the same as these with the fin lines on the clutch housing. They're all the same with different branding.

Was going to buy the badlands 5500 but went with this instead. Glad I did as it saved me $70 and it had a wireless remote. Needed a small winch that I could put on a base to move around on different trailers or surfaces and this worked perfect. Powerful, fast, long rope length and it's wireless remote worked very well. I used this to pull a military hummer with 10psi in the tires up on to tall trailer with little effort. It's not perfect but for $145 with tax it's outstanding.

Sa fait bientôt un ans que je l'ai et je suis plus que satisfait du produit le contrôle filière à rendu l'âme malheureusement