How do you power a tow hitch mounted winch?

[WoodChuckDad]

I need to put a towable wood splitter on a trailer and move it over 100 miles. I’m trying to figure out how I am going to get it up on the landscape trailer. I was thinking an atv winch mounted on the trailer hitch. But I’m not sure how to power it. I was also thinking possibly a portable winch like this one that just uses an extension cord.

https://www.northerntool.com/products/ultra-tow-portable-electric-winch-120v-1-100lb-horizontal-vertical-capacity-steel-cable-brushless-motor-5689273?srsltid=AfmBOor9RNsuq4k0Osw2XSpusXJtAUZ7ux3t_2-S83xbMZ22dZ9GaMkH6WI

Anyone ever wired up a winch for their tow hitch?

 

[WM75Guy]

I need to put a towable wood splitter on a trailer and move it over 100 miles. I’m trying to figure out how I am going to get it up on the landscape trailer. I was thinking an atv winch mounted on the trailer hitch. But I’m not sure how to power it. I was also thinking possibly a portable winch like this one that just uses an extension cord.

https://www.northerntool.com/products/ultra-tow-portable-electric-winch-120v-1-100lb-horizontal-vertical-capacity-steel-cable-brushless-motor-5689273?srsltid=AfmBOor9RNsuq4k0Osw2XSpusXJtAUZ7ux3t_2-S83xbMZ22dZ9GaMkH6WI

Anyone ever wired up a winch for their tow hitch?

Use a portable jump start box or extra battery with clips on the lead wires.

 

[mrmikey]

Depends on how permanent you want it to be. You could get a set of booster cables and cut one end off and install a plug like this on one end, the other on the winch:

Could get a spare battery and gear that up if it's something you're not going to use very often.
Use a small hand crank boat winch.
Cable come alongs

 

[alexpops]

I welded a receiver hitch to the front of my trailer & used the Harbor freight 12K winch hooked to a 12 volt deep cycle battery with jumper cables. Ultimately, the battery will live in the tongue toolbox when I get everything separated/secured to protect from shorting the battery with chains/binders/etc. Haven't needed the extra battery enough times to worry about it yet.

 

[WM75Guy]

Depends on how permanent you want it to be. You could get a set of booster cables and cut one end off and install a plug like this on one end, the other on the winch:
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Could get a spare battery and gear that up if it's something you're not going to use very often.
Use a small hand crank boat winch.
Cable come alongs

LOL Did the cable come along one time with my Kawasaki Mule in 95 degree heat. I now have a 12,000# Warn winch and deep cycle battery on the tongue.

 

[2manyrocks]

For a one time use, why not use a manual boat type winch?

At $209, you're 2/3 of the way to the price of a Wyeth-Scott winch which could be pretty handy for other uses. https://www.wyeth-scott.com/

 

[CalG]

I use one of these

 

[LouNY]

Or to be real cheap, just put a snatch block on the front of the trailer and run a rope to the log splitter through the sheave and to a tow vehicle, snake it right up and on.

 

[Cataclysm]

I used an "anderson plug", like mentioned above, off amazon. Its the red plug behind the bumper grill. Pretty solid and easy to disconnect.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I appreciate all the ideas. I still haven’t settled on a method but I will update when I do it.

 

[John0829]

For the few times that I need to use a winch on my trailer I just use my heavy duty jumper cables. They easily reach from the truck battery (extended cab dually) to the front of the trailer. Works fine for my limited needs.

 

[LittleBill21]

i just threw a battery in the back of the truck

 

[JPRambo]

Lift it with tractor or engine hoist and drive trailer to/under it.