Trailer Winch Recommendation for 35 ft Fountain on Boat Trailer with Wooden Bunks
Updated 09/17/2020 | Published 09/16/2020
Question:
I need to replace the winch on my boat trailer. I currently has a single speed winch with a 2inch 20ft strap. I would like a recommendation for the best heavy duty manual winch. The boat is a 35 ft Fountain that weighs about 8500 lbs and is on a bunk trailer. Because of the boat length the majority of the weight is still floating when the boat is secured to winch stand. So the 3/4 of the weight of the boat would indicate and electric winch, but clearly I have no problems with a manual winch today. Again please recommend the beast heavy duty 2 speed winch. Thank You!
asked by: Brian P
Expert Reply:
The best 2 speed hand winch we offer for a boat trailer setup like yours with wooden bunks pulling in a boat that weighs 8,500 lbs is the Fulton 2 Speed winch part # F142430 which also has a hand brake to help when letting the boat out when launching. This has a 3,700 lb capacity as well and for a cable the part # FWC7500100 would work great as well.
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