If you are using a manual winch then loading a car onto your trailer is going to be hard work. Most manual winches have two gears so use the lower gear and take your time. Make sure there is nobody standing behind the vehicle as it is being pulled up.
Recovery winches differ from smaller 4x4 winches and boat winches. A recovery winch is far larger with a higher pull rating, thicker cable and stronger hook. In the interests of safety, only use a recovery winch to recovery a car
The town and civil parish of Alfreton is in the Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. At the junction of the A38 and A61 it has a population of over twenty thousand inhabitants. This figure includes villages south of the A38. The Alfreton urban area (including South Normanton) totals 41,000.
In a typical fit of madness I made an impulse buy, a well used but servicable jetski on a trailer. Now I have it in my posession a friend has said that I will need to take a test before I can legally tow it on the road, surely this is not true....View Entire Thread