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profdant139
Explorer II
Dec 27, 2015

How to keep winch cable from bunching up on one side

(I looked on the archives for an answer to this question but did not find one -- sorry if this is a repeat.) We use a winch to get our little trailer up our little driveway -- the trailer is parked...
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lc0338
Explorer
Dec 27, 2015
Mount the winch so that it can swivel toward the load. side loads will always bunch the cable on one side. Is there a way to park a rig or something solid that you can run a chain from your anchor point and another vantage point? That way you can hook your winch into the chain between the two anchor points which will give you a straight shot to winch from. Even if you park your truck and put a chain around one of the wheels down low to the ground.

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