Are electric winches worth it? Looking at a used Powerwinch rc-30 or AP3500

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10-08-2013, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 88bullet

i have an electric winch on my top gun trailer. its nice not gonna lie. but in your situation i think boat guides in the rear of your trailer would be a lot more economical and would center your boat on the trailer allowing you to back your trailer in farther. not to sound like a d!ck by any means but i think a electric winch on a roller trailer is a little overkill for a 24ft boat.

Overkill....maybe, the wife cranks up my 38 like champ

she keeps asking "didn't we have an electric winch before" I tell her she is crazy, they don't even make such a thing

10-08-2013, 08:54 PM

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That's good to know that it won't pop out. Not to high jack this thread but what is it that people have to stop the boat instead of the rubber v stop or grooved wheel, instead there's to small carpeted blocks the stop the boat a little lower on the haul. I've seen a lot of fountain boats have them.

Most fountains are on myco trailers, and yes twin rubber stops that hug the hull on either side, on a custom mount. They come rubber but we have to cover them because they will wear a hull through gel or paint in about 20 mins of trailering. I use micro fiber buffing bonnets, they fit tight and polish the boat

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10-08-2013, 09:10 PM

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Brian,

And I was speaking more for road travel than launching. Our spring salt combined with rain will make quick work of exposed electrical connections on a trailer placed behind a vehicle. And yes sometimes we still have salt on the roads in May

Good point, didn't think of that. Has not been a problem for me as the boat has been apart by the time spring melt arrives to Indiana. this winter I may NOT have to pull the engines, I will have to remember the salt on the road issue.

Thank you,

Brian