Bravex Trailer Winch 6000LBS, Reversible Portable 12-Volt DC Electric Winch Boat Trailer Truck Power-in, Power-out (Corded Remote Control & Hand Crank)

First winch arrived in good outward shape, but when hooked to power source, nothing. No continuity on either forward or reverse circuit upon testing. Something at factory likely inadequately connected. Easy return and replacement. Second one works nice. A longer power connection cord would be nice as too short for many uses behnd a pickup truck. I will lengthen the cord myself. I will use it on a smaller fishing boat trailer as I'm getting older and some ramps are rather steep. Winch has optional hand crank so if it fails to operate, I can still crank the boat in. Took awhile to design and build a mount adapter for my particular trailer, many trailers would not need such. But worth the time and work. Easy to operate, easy to hook up to power, long controller cord a major plus as it allows me to access rear of boat while operating winch. In wind, such a reach really matters!

Worked really well, noisy little thing

Purchased this winch in 2021. Used it lightly for 4 years. It failed while using it recently. The resistance through the battery connectors was down to less than one ohm. This was causing my 12 volt lithium ion battery pack to shut down due to overcurrent. I took it apart and determined that the magnetic brake has a short. I disconnected the wires to the brake and the winch is working again, but without the electronic braking function. I would consider this to be a manufacturer defect. But, the product is past warranty. I sent email to Bravex customer service ([email protected]) to ask about purchasing the replacement part. They said that parts are not available. (But offered a small discount on purchasing the entire winch -- at a higher price than Amazon!) I won't be purchasing any Bravex products in the future if they do not sell replacement parts. In fact, I'd like all my future purchases be limited to those vendors who support the ability to repair their products.

Seems well built. I hard wired it for a boat trailer. Fished some 10 gauge with from truck bed to battery. The incuded cable was too short. Mounted it by raising the manual winch platform. Fishing bolts thru the winch into the platform was a chore but thr result is nice. Spend sime time getting to know it and then try it out. I'm hauling a 16 ft bed mounted boat with a 25 HP motor. If it gives me trouble I'll edit this later. Now that I've used it I can honestly say it barely breaks a sweat. ( Me neither ). I hand cranked the boat to get it aligned and then just pushed the remote button and away we went. The remote and power connections have a plastic cap that I just put in my pocket. Definitely recommend this product.

This 12volt powered trailer winch is durable and an excellent addition to most boat trailers and boats that weigh less than 4,000 pounds. The winch is easily installed by undoing 8 bolts and removing the hand winch. The reverse is then used to mount the Bravex winch. (The safety chain is retained). The steel cable is durable and extends beyond the end of my trailer. The operation is quiet and the only complaint may be the cable unwinding and rewinding speed.

Lots of folks seem to like this unit, and with a few uses it works well, that said there are a few things I'll share. Unlike every other winch I own now and in the past, this unit does not have a manual cable release. This feature is very useful when you need to payout a decent amount of cable to the work. The second much lessor complaint is the flimsy plastic cover for the electrical connections. I mean they could have placed a wire or something to keep it on the winch when you are using the device, so you don't loose track of it when its time to take the cable off. On the plus side; it seems well made and is reasonably quiet. I really like the removable plate for quick connections so the winch can be portable and ready to go to work for you. The pulley, remote and electrical connections are nicely made, the electrical connections are keyed so it is impossible to confuse the connections should it be dark when you get back in with your boat etc. All in all I think I could have saved a few bucks, but the quality here I think is worth it. IF you will need to payout a lot of cable on a regular basis, you might look elsewhere

I purchased this Bravex winch to load and unload heavy items off of a dump trailer. I built a cart with heavy duty wheels and use a sheet of plywood on my metal ramps. My dump trailer has a 12 V hydraulic system so it was easy to connect the positive and negative battery connectors to the trailer battery. I was up and running in less than 20 minutes after unboxing. The trailer came with a winch plate but if you’re using it to haul construction material it would be easy to damage any winch. This just drops in to the winch plate area without any connection necessary. I can unplug it and put it in the back of my truck when not in use. The only thing that I would change would be to have a longer remote cord or possibly a remote extension adapter cord

I bought this winch to use to pull a Spyder(3wheel motorcycle) inside the back of our toy hauler Motorhome. The first one I ordered had some electrical problem that would not allow the winch motor to run even with no load. I returned it to Amazon and reordered another. It came in today and works great. It pulls the Spyder (900#) up the ramp into garage with no hesitation. I am curious as to what the warranty period is. The manual states a 1 year warranty. The slip of paper that has the customer service contact information says 2 years and there was a question on Amazon concerning the warranty length and the seller states 5 years. Somewhat confusing. I hope I don’t have to find out. They don’t appear to have a phone number, only email address. Time will tell but it works great right now.

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I'm gratefully impressed with their customer service. A problem arose with the unit and it was dealt with in a courteous and timely fashion. Just happy I didn't have to get have to get to an aggravated point. The product work as stated as well.

This type of winch has more pulling power than the barrel type from a static position. Portable and easy to use. Remote cord could be about 2' longer, but still very usable

It pulls my boat up on a roller ramp at about a 15 degree incline, but up and down is very slow. It says 6 feet per minute in the documents somewhere but I don't believe that. 16 foot jetboat weighing about 1800lbs loaded. I would still recommend it if you have patience :)

used as a Boat winch, time saving and ease of operation is important. Good quality!