Light-duty winch with 1-hp, permanent magnet motor lets you quickly and safely recover a stuck ATV. Sealed design ensures winch operates in any environment. Dual brakes offer reliable load holding. Handlebar rocker switch included.
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This Cub 3s ATV recovery winch is designed for light-duty work and recreational applications. It's perfect for your 350cc - 500cc sport quad or small utility quad 4x4 with a maximum GVW of 1,500 lbs. The handlebar-mounted rocker switch lets you control the winch from the seat of your ATV. The motor, gearbox, and contactor are sealed for water resistance. The winch also includes dual brakes to ensure reliable load holding, a synthetic rope, and a hawse fairlead.
This winch features a 1-horsepower, 12-volt DC motor with 3,000 lbs of line pull. The permanent magnet motor offers the same line-pulling power and speed as a series-wound motor of comparable size, but it's lighter and uses less current. The motor is sealed to keep out water, and it's constructed of durable, corrosion-resistant materials including the powder coated housing, copper battery terminals, and zinc-plated steel hardware.
The contactor transmits power from the ATV's battery to the winch motor and to the handlebar-mounted rocker switch. It will typically be mounted with included hardware under the ATV's front cover or hood near the battery.
The 250-amp contactor is sealed to meet IP68 specifications for water and weather resistance. The copper terminals and carbon steel hardware are also corrosion resistant.
The free-spool clutch enables you to pull out the rope by hand. This saves battery power, prevents the brake from wearing down prematurely, reduces wear on the motor, and is much faster than waiting for the drum to power out the rope. To release the clutch for free-spooling simply rotate the red plastic knob 90 degrees clockwise. To reengage the clutch, rotate the knob 90 degrees counterclockwise. The white arrow on the knob indicates if the clutch is in the engaged or disengaged position.
The clutch is driven by a 3-stage planetary gear train. This provides more speed than traditional worm gear drives or 1- or 2-stage gear trains.
This winch includes both a mechanical brake and a dynamic brake. This dual braking system provides a physical brake inside the drum and supplemental braking force generated by the winch motor. The 2 brakes operate simultaneously to ensure more reliable load holding when compared with single-brake ATV winches.
The automatic mechanical brake securely holds a load and prevents unintentional payout (or creep). When the winch motor is stopped, a large spring coil inside the drum expands to press against the spring chamber. The pressure of the spring on the wall of the spring chamber creates resistance that prevents the drum from rotating. This spring contracts when the winch is in gear to allow the drum to rotate.
When the winch is pulling the rope in or paying it out, the motor is not applying resistance to the drum. When you stop powering the rope in or out, the dynamic brake uses resistance from the motor to help hold the load.
The handlebar-mounted rocker switch lets you operate the winch from the seat of your ATV. It includes mounting hardware and an 8' wiring harnesss with quick connects. There is also a wireless remote kit (CU881286 - sold separately) that lets you control the winch from up to 100' away.
The synthetic rope is made of 12-strand Dyneema SK75 fiber that is lightweight yet stronger than steel. This synthetic rope is safer to use than a steel rope because it generates less kinetic energy - and therefore less kickback - if a break occurs. It won't stretch - or creep - over time like steel rope can. And it's also less likely to fray and create sharp strands so it's easier to handle and easier to spool.
The rope winds around a die-cast aluminum drum. The mounting flanges are strong enough to resist bending or breaking if the rope wrap becomes uneven and excess stress is put on the drum.
A 6', woven-polyester protective sleeve at the hook end of the rope provides extra protection for your hands. A hand-saver strap is also included to use in conjunction with leather work gloves (CU881558 - sold separately) so that you can safely handle the rope and hook.
The removable hook is made of high-strength forged steel that is heavy duty and rust resistant. It has a spring-loaded safety latch for quick fastening and removal. The hook attaches to a steel thimble on the end of the synthetic rope.
The cast aluminum hawse fairlead is designed to be used with synthetic rope. It helps guide the rope as it's winding in and out, and it has a rounded hole to help prevent wear. The 3/4" thick fairlead has a black anodized finish that resists corrosion, and it installs with stainless steel hardware.
Note: The hawse fairlead does not mount directly to the winch - it typically attaches to tabs on the ATV base plate (sold separately) or custom mounting plate (sold separately). ComeUp mounting plates and most aftermarket mounts include these tabs.
The winch is constructed of strong, durable materials that are able to withstand any weather condition or terrain. The contactor is sealed and submersible. The motor and gearbox units are made of corrosion-resistant powder coated steel, and they are sealed to keep water out. The steel tie-bars and extra-thick side frame drum supports help to create a strong and rigid winch body.
To install the winch on the front of your ATV you will need a suitable mounting location. In most cases you will need to bolt a custom mounting plate (sold separately) to the front framework of your ATV in order to mount the winch and fairlead. If you have a mounting plate that does not have tabs for your fairlead you can bolt the winch and fairlead to a base plate (CU880232 - sold separately), then bolt the base plate to your mounting plate.
The contactor will typically mount under the front cover or hood near the battery. You will need to drill 2 small holes in the mounting surface to secure the unit with the included hardware. Black and red leads connect your vehicle's battery to the contactor, blue and yellow leads connect the contactor to the winch terminals, black and green leads connect the contactor to the rocker switch, and a red lead connects the rocker switch to the ATV master switch. The leads have quick connectors that make removing and re-installing the winch easy. Any excess wiring can be neatly tucked around the engine and secured with zip-ties (not included).
You can mount the rocker switch on either handlebar but it's typically mounted near the brake on the handlebar opposite the throttle. This allows you to control the winch and accelerate the ATV at the same time. It includes mounting hardware and an 8' wiring harnesss with built-in quick connects.
| Layers of Rope | Capacity (lbs) | Total Rope on Drum (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Layer | 3,000 | 9-5/16 |
| 2nd Layer | 2,585 | 20-1/16 |
| 3rd Layer | 2,271 | 32-1/2 |
| 4th Layer | 2,025 | 46-5/16 |
| 5th Layer | 1,827 | 50 |
The line pull capacity of your winch is determined by the maximum load your winch can pull with a single layer of rope on the drum. As more layers of rope are wound onto the drum, pulling the same load requires more force, leading to a loss in winching power. With a 2nd layer of rope around the drum, your line pull capacity is reduced by approximately 14 percent. With 3 layers on the drum, the line pull capacity is reduced by approximately 23 percent, and with 4 layers on the drum it is reduced by approximately 35 percent.
Note: It is recommended that you begin any line pull with a minimum of 5 wraps and a maximum of 2 layers of rope on the drum.
Increase the pulling capacity of your winch by doubling up the rope with a pulley block (CU881080 - sold separately). Secure the pulley block to a tree saver strap (CU881091 - sold separately) with a bow shackle (CU881092 - sold separately) to provide a strong anchor for your double-line pull. Using double-line operation will approximately double your winch's pulling capacity.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we're going to be taking a look at part number CU129302. This is the ComeUp Cub 3s Powersports ATV winch with a synthetic rope. This is going to help you get out of the mud, snow, ice or whatever obstacle stands in your way. It is designed for endurance and reliability. We're going to have a high efficient low-amp draw sealed permanent magnet motor. We're going to have the submersible sealed contactor that's going to handle high amps and allows higher duty cycle.
This simply connects in between the wiring from the winch and your ATV battery and it's going to disconnect your winch from the power source when the vehicle is not in use and so it should be mounted close to the battery. You can see that it's going to come with all your mounting hardware, everything that you need except for the mounting base for the winch and for the fairlead. That's going to be sold separately because that's going to be dependent upon what style or what type of ATV that you have. It's going to come with your handlebar rocker switch. This is going to control the winch from the seat of your ATV. All the wiring's in there and you're going to get ...
This area of hardware is all the mounting for the rocker switch so it's going to come with all the mounting. It's going to come with some zip ties. That way you can secure any excess wires. This hardware right here is going to be to mount the fairlead. Then you're going to get this hardware right here that's going to be to mount the winch. Four mounting holes here on the bottom.
You're also going to get the rubber boots, goes over the connection points like the terminals on the wiring just to keep them safe from the elements. When it comes to the wiring, your yellow and blue wires are going to connect to the yellow and blue posts here on the winch. Those are going to run to the yellow and blue posts on the contactor. Then your red and black wiring is going to run from the red and black posts on the contactor over to the positive and negative terminals on the ATV battery. Everything is going to be color coded for an easier installation.
The winch is going to be rated at 3,000 pounds of the single line pull. At max capacity it's going to have a line speed of 6.7 feet/min and an amp draw of 12 volts of 230 amps. Now with no load on the winch, we're looking at a line speed of 22.2 feet/min and amp draw of 25 amps at 12 volts. Gear ratio, it's going to feature a 3-stage planetary gear system and the ratio is 138.5:1. We're going to have a clutch on this side. That's going to allow for rapid rope payout for hooking onto your load or anchor point. It's going to have an engage position which is going to allow you to bring the line in or bring the load in. It's going to have a disengage position which is going to allow the winch to go to a free spool option which is going to allow you to get that rope off the drum pretty fast. It's going to feature the mechanical and dynamic load holding brake that offers 100% braking. We're going to have the aluminum Hawse fairlead. This is going to protect the synthetic rope. The rope's going to run right through here and it's got the nice rounded edges so it's going to reduce friction which is going to extend the life of the synthetic rope. Keep in mind that the fairlead is designed to mount to the mounting bracket for the winch and again, that is going to be sold separately. We're going to have an aluminum dye cast and drum and housing construction. It's going to feature a center drum design. Now here, we're going to have a steel construction, nice, heavy-duty design. Another thing I want to point out is here on the end of the synthetic rope we're going to have a grade 70 forged steel hook with a spring-loaded safety lock mechanism to prevent accidental disconnecting and it's going to have the hand saver strap. Now the drum size is going to have a diameter of 2.2 inches. It's going to have a length of 3 inches. The synthetic rope is SK-75 synthetic rope. That's going to measure 50 feet long by 3/16 of an inch in diameter. Taking a look at the mounting bolt pattern here on the bottom, measuring the distance between these two holes, center-on-center, we're looking at about 4-7/8 of an inch. Center-on-center between these two holes, that's going to measure about 3 inches. That's going to be the same for the opposite sides as well. The winch itself is going to weight only about 15.9 pounds. Overall length from edge to edge is going to be about 12-3/4. Overall width edge to edge is about 4-1/2 and then the overall height is going to be about 4-3/4 of an inch. That's going to do it for today's look at part number CU129302. This is the ComeUp Cub 3s Powersports ATV winch.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (6 Customer Reviews)
Light-duty winch with 1-hp, permanent magnet motor lets you quickly and safely recover a stuck ATV. Sealed design ensures winch operates in any environment. Dual brakes offer reliable load holding. Handlebar rocker switch included.
I’ve had this winch on an 03 Polaris sportsman 700 for a year, and so far I’ve been very pleased with it. Bought it to use with a snowplow and it worked like a champ all through last winter. Has also worked on anything I’ve needed to use it for, i.e. pulling logs, pulling out the stuck garden tractor, etc. no complaints so far, works every time.
This was the product that most closely matched the high end original winch on my Polaris ATV. The same design, dimensions and bolt pattern allowed an easy swap out. Primary use will be operation as snowplow lift. The ease of swap out slowed as I used my original mounting plate assembly that may have been thicker than a replacement. I required mounting bolts 1/4 longer than the supplied hardware.
I would recommend this as an affordable replacement winch, completed plowing and pleased with my choice.
Still going strong, have used more times than I want to admit. It has saved us over and over. Love the synthetic rope over the wire version I had prior to this.
Exactly what I was looking for. The 1 bad thing is battery cable is too short but I can extend.
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