bowhunter543
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I have one from harbor freight that is similar and it powers both in and out. If I disengage the knob then it free spools.
I have one from harbor freight that is similar and it powers both in and out. If I disengage the knob then it free spools.
So do you think that if the freewheel knob is left engaged, the drum will spool both inward and outward with the remote? Probably the freewheeling is to speed up getting the cable out when hooking onto an object.
If not, I'll take PILOON's advice and get the spring loaded DPDT switch, which I believe they call a momentary switch.
Maybe instead of being impatient and putting the cart ahead of the horse, I'll just wait until the winch gets here and find out what the thing does or does not do.
I think that you will find the remote switch that comes with the winch will work fine for forward and reverse operations. If it is like the switch I have it will work just fine. With the unit I used I found that the housing that holds the switch had extra holes that could be used to secure the switch to the handle bar of the 4-wheeler. So all I had to do was remove the handle bar pieces and install the switch housing using the holes. Worked slick.
By the way where are you located up in the north country? I grew up in a small town up there (Chateaugay) and we have a summer place near South Colton.
Wayne
Thanks Wayne. This particular remote control looks more like a key fob in the manual. I'll wait & see what I have when the winch gets here before I decide on a DPDT.
I'm quite a bit south of Chateaugay, more in the area northwest of Watertown, near Lake Ontario.
Okay you get the snow and Chateaugay gets the cold.......fair amount of snow, but nothing like Watertown area!