Now that we are finally all moved into the new house and the garage actually holds our truck decided it was time to start messing around with stuff.
We don't generally use our truck for anything but towing the 5th wheel our our ATV trailer sometimes we do. And when we do it requires the use of the bed which means removing my hitch.
I know not a very hard job to do but still a pain in the butt.
I had an extra ATV winch laying around so I built up an area between the floor beams and the extra room above to hold the winch.
It's remotely controlled and lifts it up so I can pull the truck out and lower it onto the rack I built for it and roll it under the staircase for storage.
Runs off the battery I have in the garage for my outside 12 volt lighting and recharged by the solar panel I have outside.
Does the job perfectly and even the wife likes it says she will take my truck whenever now. Haha.
Just have to clean up the wires and run the neatly to the battery and move the garage door opener wire too.
We don't generally use our truck for anything but towing the 5th wheel our our ATV trailer sometimes we do. And when we do it requires the use of the bed which means removing my hitch.
I know not a very hard job to do but still a pain in the butt.
I had an extra ATV winch laying around so I built up an area between the floor beams and the extra room above to hold the winch.
It's remotely controlled and lifts it up so I can pull the truck out and lower it onto the rack I built for it and roll it under the staircase for storage.
Runs off the battery I have in the garage for my outside 12 volt lighting and recharged by the solar panel I have outside.
Does the job perfectly and even the wife likes it says she will take my truck whenever now. Haha.
Just have to clean up the wires and run the neatly to the battery and move the garage door opener wire too.
Nicholsfamily05 wrote:
Now that we are finally all moved into the new house and the garage actually holds our truck decided it was time to start messing around with stuff.
We don't generally use our truck for anything but towing the 5th wheel our our ATV trailer sometimes we do. And when we do it requires the use of the bed which means removing my hitch.
I know not a very hard job to do but still a pain in the butt.
I had an extra ATV winch laying around so I built up an area between the floor beams and the extra room above to hold the winch.
It's remotely controlled and lifts it up so I can pull the truck out and lower it onto the rack I built for it and roll it under the staircase for storage.
Runs off the battery I have in the garage for my outside 12 volt lighting and recharged by the solar panel I have outside.
Does the job perfectly and even the wife likes it says she will take my truck whenever now. Haha.
Just have to clean up the wires and run the neatly to the battery and move the garage door opener wire too.
I know it looks as though you use the upper part for storage but I think it would be wise the use a pc of angle iron or another 2x6 spanning the top of 2 rafters, laying on top of your plywood, and replace at least one bolt on each end of your winch with a pc of allthread through the new board or angle iron on top just for safety sake.
