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Old 09-16-2011, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Bills Z06
I also hard wired a plug in the rear of my Yukon for the winch to plug into - no additional battery to worry about.
You wouldn't happen to have some details on that would you? Wire guage, how to connect to battery, fuses, how to connect from truck to winch. Are the wires run to truck battery then attached when you use winch? Would a 25ft set of jumper cables work just a well? TIA.
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with replacing all 4 trailer tires and adding a spare or even two. If two of the existing tires are in good shape, just get a couple wheels and mount the two best tires on them. Goodyear Marathons for the new tires.

Once you mount a winch, get a marine battery box and get something like an Optima Yellow Top battery to power the winch. The trailer wiring harness will have a wire for 12 power and that is usually used for keeping a breakaway battery charged. The trailer brakes are operated magnetically using 12v power from the truck wiring so the brakaway system uses a small 12v battery to energize the brakes should the trailer become detached from the tow vehicle. The 12 wire from the truck can also be used to charge the winch battery.



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