2-Way manual ratcheting winch makes loading and unloading your boat easy. Zinc plating resists rust and corrosion, making it ideal for marine applications. Two-speed operation allows for more control. Strap included.
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Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here at eTrailer. Today, we're going to be taking a look at. I'm going to show you how to assemble and get in place the JIF Marine Winch. This is going to be a great winch to put on the front of your boat trailer to get your boat up onto your trailer all the way. This winch is going to have a 2,500 pound weight capacity, but there's also going to be another JIF winch in the same category that's going to have a 3,200 pound weight capacity. This is going to be a two speed winch.
Both the 2,500 and the 3,200 pounds winches are. The two speed winch is going to have a series of gears that are going to rotate together to spin this at a faster rate. Now you can take it out of the two gear mode and switch it over like that and that's going to spin it a little bit slower to have a slower rate.We'll go ahead and show you a quick comparison between the first speed and the second speed and why it's so important to have that second speed. Watch this hole and you'll see it's going to have more torque and move a little slower whereas if we switch over to the second speed.. You watch this whole here, move it over.
You can see those holes are moving about twice the speed as they we're before. With this winch you are going to have a forward reverse and a neutral setting, which will be right in the middle of the two, but with this. Normally when you would pull out on this, your winch handle would kind of go crazy, spinning around when you pull it out for some slack. But with this, because we have a two speed, they give you a neutral option in the middle there too. So you put that there.
Now you can see that our handle spins freely.Now we can take our strap and pull it out to its full length without having to worry about that handle whipping around. Your strap is going to be 20 feet long, so that's going to give you plenty of space if your motor happens to stop running and you need to get your boat onto the trailer to get it home. When it comes time to hook up your boat, you just simply clip it in with that nice, study carbon steel hook and start cranking it in.Our winch is going to have a heavy duty carbon steel construction with a zinc plated finish. That's going to help to resist against that rust and corrosion with the water that this is going to be exposed to. Along with that heavy duty construction, you're going to have a nice long handle and a grip handle that's nice and big to get your hand around it to be able to get that leverage to get your boat winched up on your trailer and you might be wondering what this lever is for here.
When you're letting your boat down into the water, if you leave this attached to your boat, this is going to be your handbrake. So when you're pulling your boat out into the water, you can slow it down by pushing on this lever and then continue to let it out and slow it down. This is going to give you a more controlled launch.Well, now that we've gone over some of those features, let's go ahead and show you how we got it in place. inaudible 00:03:10 our hardware. You're either going to have to reuse your old hardware or get new hardware. It's probably not a bad idea to get some new hardware just so you can keep updated on it. There we go. I want to make sure you get your bracket straight. You're going to need you to remove this nut. It's going to be a 19 millimeter. Pull this washer off. Insert your handle. Re-insert that washer.There we go. Now our handle's all put together. Next, we're going to remove this bolt so that we can slide our strap into place and then slide this bolt through our strap. Slide our bolt through there and through the other hole. Re-insert the nut on the other side and tighten it down. Once you get your spool all wound up, you can take your hook, place it on your anchor, and you want to crank it in the rest of the way. Now, when you get it tight, when you first spool this for the first time, you're going to have some looseness in this spool.So you're going to want to tighten it and you can see the strap adjusting and tightening on that spool. You wouldn't want that adjusting, going down the road. There we go, that's tight enough. When traveling down your road with your boat or any other trailer, you're going to want to leave this in the locked position. That's the same position when you we're cranking it in, because that's what's going to stop it from retracting back out. Well guys, now that you got everything all tightened up and your boat safely secured, you're ready to hit the road.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (15 Customer Reviews)
2-Way manual ratcheting winch makes loading and unloading your boat easy. Zinc plating resists rust and corrosion, making it ideal for marine applications. Two-speed operation allows for more control. Strap included.For my purposes this is a nice winch that does what I need. I had to modify the handle to make it shorter so I didn't hit my boat. It is rather large and the handle is placed towards the top of the unit so you do need quite a bit of clearance. Just a consideration, nothing against the unit. I do agree with another reviewer that the 2" strap on a 3" pulley wheel is weird. However, for my use it works fine. It actually helps a little for me because if the centerline is off, the strap room to wad up a little without causing any binding. It has plenty of pull power. I still haven't figured out what the large lever is for though. All said, for my use case, for the price and how it performs I am happy. 653267
The parts are great a lot heavier duty then I was expecting. I am very happy with the products. the only suggestion is to make it more clear on the parts that come with no mounting bolts so you know to order the extra hardware. 610684
this product did not not have enough info or specs to go by / this spool on the winch is 3" s wide and you send me a cheezy 2" strap to uuse in a 3" inch hole 593868
Winch was easy to assemble. Heavy duty materials makes this replacement preferable over the original winch I had one issue in that the handle was too long. No matter how I tried to make adjustments on the trailer to accommodate the winch, no Luck. The company had no shorter handles. I finally ended up having 2” cut off in the middle and then rewelded. All is well. :) 579967
Great product nice and heavy duty winch fast shipping great place will be ordering from u again thank u 581256
The winch arrived lightning quick. I think it was at my door in two days. The fit and finish are great. It was easy to bolt on to my trailer replacing the old winch. It was nice to have a nice clean strap instead of the gnarly old wire cable that made me nervous every time I put a strain on it. I especially like the fact that it has two speeds and a neutral which disengages the gears to make it easy and fast to reel out the strap, and that it can ratchet in either direction so you can wind in either over or under the drum without having to use tools to change the ratchet position. I'm looking forward to not blowing out my shoulder trying to haul the boat off the beach onto the trailer with my old 4:1 ratio winch, the new 5.1:1 high gear might just do it, but I am sure the 12.2:1 low gear will definitely do the job! 559441
Helps load boat with my weak wrists. Wish for a additional gear in low range so you could always rotate handle in same direction for high or low range. I am very pleased with winch. 745289
my 2003 Starcraft 17' boat trailer had a tired 100# winch. this winch fit right on and easily loads the boat! Don't fight that lightweight junk stout winch Tom Barnell, Ca 696262
Arrived earlier than expected! Great customer communication. They also had the best deal on the winch and the video showed the advantage of the 2 speed system. Definitely using them again! 665120
Great customer service, fast shipping, and best price around. Hoping this one will last as long as the last one... 655241
Awesome 637872
I can't review the product that I received today, but I can give 5 stars to the prompt delivery. The product has to be installed and tested, and its installation has not yet happened. I will use this product to replace the 2-speed winch on my 2004 boat trailer. Thank you for your prompt delivery. John Kimball 627742
NEEDED A HEAVIER WINCH FOR MY SAILBOAT. IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER FOR MY WIFE TO RAISE THE MAST WITH THE WINCH / BRAKE WHILE I HOLD THE MAST AND CLEAR LINES. ALSO THE BOAT WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO PULL UP SNUG ON THE TRAILER. OVERSIZED COMPAIRED TO THE ORIGINAL BUT MUCH EASIER AND SAFER. MY FRIEND HAS ONE AND SAYS IT IS THE WAY TO GO. 604388
I haven't actually tried the winch yet. But so far I am extremely happy. This winch is about 3 or 4 times heavier than the one it replaced. I like the extra features on it also. 508724
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