Recommendations: Looking for a set of 25'/30' decent jumper cables

[nickel plate]

Primary use will be from my Ford F-250 diesel to my attached flatbed trailer winch for on and off loading a 2000LB 1957 MGA roadster. I don't want copper clad aluminum.

 

[Topzide]

Check this out; Quick Connect Power Cable, 24' - 32966

 

[alexpops]

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

Other alternative is either make up your own with welding cable or string welding cable under the truck through a relay to a connector on rear bumper & then have a short piece of plug-in connector like Topzide showed. You can put the switch for activating the relay somewhere inside the cab so it only has current when you want. Don't know the amp draw of your winch, but size the cable accordingly. If you want to be completely confident of no shorts burning you down, throw a large enough "main" fuse into the circuit near the battery.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I mounted a 50A outdoor outlet on the back of my truck side box and ran #4 welding cable up to a circuit breaker connected to the battery.

I use #4 SJ cable with a 50A plug to connect to winches on my trailer or in the truck bed:

Might need something heavier than #4 for a 100A winch though.

 

[ToBeFree]

Would not this fit the bill? NOCO 4250A 12V Jump Starter
Don't know about cheaper but convenient and portable.

 

[LittleBill21]

Would not this fit the bill? NOCO 4250A 12V Jump Starter
Don't know about cheaper but convenient and portable.

not for a winch, the boost only lasts between 3 and 5 seconds.

 

[ning]

You may want to consider mounting a battery near the back of the truck and running smaller cable back to it to charge it, plus heavier cable going to a convenient connector that you can plug in the trailer. Of course, to have enough capacity, that battery is probably going to cost almost as much as good cable, so if you don't want to mess with another battery that'll just die, run a heavy line from the truck batteries to the back with a connector there.

That's what I did to set up front & rear bumper 12k winch connections:

The Anderson connector is bolted to my bumper there; the front one is on just enough cable that I can flexibly connect to it when the winch is on the front of the truck.

The 24' warn kit noted in a previous post is 1 gauge wire and that length might have *just* reached the distance from the battery to the bumper on my truck. Obviously the truck isn't 24' long but the route from the battery to the back bumper isn't exactly straight; it was "fun" to pull...

I paid about as much as that kit costs to DIY but with 2/0 full copper and heavier Anderson connectors and had enough wire to set up a connector at my front bumper going to the battery, and then another line going from battery to rear bumper on a long-bed crew cab (I bought 30' of wire). Depending on your truck length a DIY would likely be less expensive. I bought enough connectors to also put some in the middle of set of jumper cables (near one clamp) so I can just plug the jumpers in, tow truck style, at the front or rear of the truck.

I don't have a crimper so used a torch, flux and solder.

I think this is everything I got:

• https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MTAMF7R 30' 2/0 copper cable, red and black
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082QZVDBY 350A Anderson connectors (I got 3 pairs - front & rear truck plus one pair to go in the jumper cable)
• https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803870470857.html connector covers & handles; could probably get the Anderson connectors from aliexpress also but I was more concerned about quality for those than for the covers. Definitely get handles, the connectors are really snug. The quality of these covers & pullers looks #1 and the connectors would've probably been fine from aliexpress as well; the Anderson connectors are probably made in exactly the same factories (just looked, guess where their manufacturing is now?) and IMO I'll pay full price for USA made gladly but if someone's going to send their manufacturing to where it's well-known people steal your IP in order to make even bigger profits, I feel fine in just bypassing them.
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X33GKJY big shrink tubing
• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R6VFF6B lugs for the battery ends of the cable

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Don't remember the brand, but I got some 1 ga jumper cables, 25 or maybe 30', from Amazon for about $50.

In my case to connect the trailer's Group 31 to the 3500's battery for long and/or heavy pulls with an 8K winch.

For a little MGA, and especially if it isn't a deckover trailer, you shouldn't need much winch power.

 

[ning]

Don't remember the brand, but I got some 1 ga jumper cables, 25 or maybe 30', from Amazon for about $50.

In my case to connect the trailer's Group 31 to the 3500's battery for long and/or heavy pulls with an 8K winch.

For a little MGA, and especially if it isn't a deckover trailer, you shouldn't need much winch power.

Definitely CCA at that price. Fine for occasional-use jumping, but CCA is basically just fine aluminum wire and shouldn't be flexed too often...

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Definitely CCA at that price. Fine for occasional-use jumping, but CCA is basically just fine aluminum wire and shouldn't be flexed too often...

Even if it is, they should work for my application.

After a few decades I have yet to have to winch a vehicle up on a trailer, but if I ever do I sure wouldn't want to have to rely on the 30 A fused charge wire from the tow vehicle. Heck, I even put a switch on that circuit so the winch couldn't melt it.

With some luck those jumper cables will remain undisturbed in their bag and the trailer battery will handle the winch...and that's if it'll ever be needed.