I have a need for a winch like that to raise our drawbridge type dock on the lake. I currently use a 2000lb manual boat winch but it is kind of dangerous if wire breaks.

Ideally I need an A/C winch, but they are kind of expensive. However a DC winch would draw a lot of amps. The HF 2500lb one I looked at is 1HP. It would draw over 60A at full load (which we might get initially) Won't get that out of a car battery for long. We have no car/truck access, but even still that would be a big load on alternator.

Pulling car onto trailer probably nowhere near full load though.

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Graham
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