Drill Winch 750 lb Pulling Capacity, Portable with Synthetic Ropevvvv

I have a rural piece of land and I’m cutting lots of trees and dragging the rounds uphill in carts. I have all kinds of winches: one on the truck, one on a UTV. But access is a problem. Sometimes it’s hard to get a vehicle mounted winch in tight places. So I got this drill winch. It works great! I literally take a cordless drill, tree strap and this thing and just walk in to any lifting situation. It’s light, portable and I can get creative. It’s pretty durable. The working bits are steel, and only the carrying handle and outside are plastic. Plus, the Warn brand is respected and I felt like it would be well built(even though I have no illusions, it’s probably not made in the USA). Still, it’s well built. The good: 1) It’s light weight but pulls 750lbs…which is enough. You could probably pull more with pullies mechanical advantage but I wouldn’t for safety. Think of it as like having 2 strong buddies to help. It’s not for recovering cars. But it’s strong enough for manual tasks. 2) The nylon rope is light and strong and easy on the hands(no sharp wire frays to cut you). It’s very small, compared to full car recovery (10,000#) nylon rope at about 3/8” thick or smaller. I don’t know where I’ll replace it when it eventually wears thin. But I understand the trade-off to make it light and portable. It’s 40 feet long, and small because it’s only rated to 750lbs. 2) I use a Dewalt Impact driver that has a speed chuck with a socket attachment and 8mm(5/16”) socket to drive it. The manual recommends a standard drill with a regular chuck, but I found this awful. The regular chuck kept loosening and it’s an akwardly tight space to tighten the chuck. It kept loosening. Plus, my drill speed was much slower. The impact driver was much faster, smaller and made a better connection with the socket attachment. All in all, I’ve found a new favorite tool. I keep looking for other uses. Who doesn’t need more power from time to time? Especially because it’s so portable.

I was hesitant at first because of the relatively low, pulling power. Having owned larger winches in the past I wasn’t sure how well this one was going to work that said it is the greatest tool. I have purchased in the last 10 years. I have pulled a lot of timber with it since I got it and I can tell you it does a lot more work than size would suggest. It would, however, strongly recommend getting several tree savers and some snatch blocks and learning how to use them. You do not want to continuously max the pull on this unit in straight line pulls. No matter how high the quality is on any winch continuing to operate it at full capacity will shorten his lifespan considerably. This thing is so light and so handy you owe it to yourself to buy one. One of the best parts of it is it’s not committed to a single vehicle so it can be used anywhere you can carry it.

Works great for moving heavy objects with a cordless drill when power is not available

I would recommend really thinking this through before buying - it works fine but I don’t end up using it as often as I thought I would. The handful of times I did use it, it worked but on a few occasions accessing the side of the unit with the drill mount on it was pretty awkward (sometimes the way you have to mount it, the side that the drill hooks onto is OPPOSITE from where you are forced to use it from so reaching around to operate the drill from the far side is a real PITA!). One of the other main hangups I’ve found is not being able to access a solid enough anchor point on which to mount the stationary end of this. Wanted to use it to pull a dead 700-800 lb riding lawnmower into my cargo trailer to take it to the shop but … no where in the trailer to be able to winch from, that sort of thing is aggravating. Got the winch, got the need to use it, but it just doesn’t quite fit the scenario that you ,ya find yourself in. That said, it’s been a lifesaver a few times & was glad to have it in my tool arsenal! And it’s not crazy expensive so it’s not like you’re out $500 or $1000 to have it on the shelf ready to use. I haven’t really ripped on it so I can’t attest to the durability but it def does what it says it will - at least when being used reasonably as I have been. YMMV according to your circumstances. It doesn’t take the place of a come along but there are times that this can easily handle some jobs quickly where a come along would take a lot of time & leave you exhausted to boot.

I bought this to use for moving large pieces of oak and walnut stumps. I use these for firewood and often obtain them green and cut in lengths too long for firewood. A 24 inch length of california live oak will weigh upwards of 300 pounds, not something one is going to pick up and throw in a trailer. I used the Warn with my small truck crane and easily lifted the heavy trunk sections into my truck bed and trailer. Also, I used it to move large and heavy storage bins into the attic. It made this much easier. I previously used a small game pulley hoist for this, and had to deal with twisted, slippery ropes, spinning loads, and and constant twisting of the ropes. The lift also used the entire length of the pulley rope, so one had to be careful not to lose the rope at the start of the lift. Using the Warn was just a matter of running the hook up and down to a secured loop on the bins, fast and easy, with the additional advantage of having both hands free to guide the bins to a landing.

So far, I've used this to raise a 16' tall 2x6 wall in my pole barn and dragged a car lift off my trailer. It has impressive power and does the job of pulling without the fuss of chains, come alongs or high lift jacks. If you find yourself pulling anything heavy, ever, just get it, it'll last a lifetime I think. It is a little slow, even on high speed (drill setting), but saves your body and frustration in setting the other methods up.

There are many other less expensive options, but this does seem to be a very high quality winch. It's extremely portable and had no problems helping to pull a boat lift out of the water. Make sure you have a drill with a large capacity battery because the winch is slow and you'll run the drill for a long time to pull in the full 40ft. I bought the model with the synthetic rope and it winds in very well and is extremely flexible, way better than a steel cable in my opinion.

Where have you been all my life? Not only did this save my back during hunting season - standing up tree stands, loading game into the truck bed with a simple board for a slide, but it made shorter work of a large wire fence demo when I did not have access to a tractor, and combined with some metal stakes, pulled trees to fall direction when felling. Get an axle strap to tether it to a tree and one pulley for another strap and you can solve all kinds of issues with this thing. I was powering it with a 4amh 20v Dewalt and it would work for hours. I even used it to lift an inflatable boat into my attic. FWIW - get a spare section of cable/string. My shows wear, it has not failed, but for a few more bucks I've got it in the truck box to either add run, or replace it should it pop. The retention clip on the hook was done in the first couple of hours but I did not miss it.

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I needed to move a towable cherry picker to an area that it was impossible to get it in to the position towing and the ground and the weight of the cherry picker made it nearly impossible to push . Hooked this on and it winched it to where i needed it without any issues at all . Great bit of kit , This is not the reason i bought it but it saved a lot of hard work

Work smart, not hard. I've been in the HVAC trade for 30 years, and wish this thing was invented 30 years ago. If you're already looking at this winch, just buy it. You'll use it way more than you think. Quality is superb. Don't forget to buy some straps, a pulley for even tighter lifting spaces, and a shackle or two and you're set.

I’ve and older model with the steel rope, which I use in another location. This new one is much easier to manage given the synthetic rope. The rope is much lighter. It’s flexibility allows easier hook up and handling. The rest of the Warn product is strong and well engineered.

Great winch. Very handy around the house of work.