Searched for a solution to load disabled car onto Uhaul trailer, came across this. Just used this method this past weekend. Worked great! Thank you for your effort to put this video together.
Share the video out. I'm trying to get it out there. Save on tow trucks and load a car by yourself. It's not for a one time purpose though. Gotta make sense to buy everything.
This is exactly the video i wanted! I saw these exact parts and was very curious because I have the trailers, but I cannot afford to install winches on all of them. Also, i want to remove the winch and put it in dry storage when I'm not using it.
The winch is mounted backward, causing the line to run over the top of the drum and make a sharp bend to exit the fairlead... it's supposed to run under the drum and out the fairlead, so it is a direct pull with no crazy bend in the line before exiting the fairlead. Spin the winch 180° on the mount so the line spools off the bottom of the drum.
A year later YOURE still helping people with this!!! Just bought a non running 81 Caballero and trying to tow it home 4 hours away. Thanks!!🔥🔥🔥 QUESTION DO I NEED EVERYTHING IN THE DESCRIPTION? Never used one before.
You need a winch, winch mount for the winch, battery for the winch and the dual hitch. I needed the terminals for my car battery and the hitch pins for the mounts. I have my own trailer now, but this was just a temporary thing til i could afford my own trailer. I already knew i would need a winch for when i bought a car trailer. This way is worth it, if you will tow several times. Not worth it, if only doing once.
Just the video I have been looking for. My first time winching!. Bought a 2000 harbor freight badland marine winch. Mainly because it has both hand and electric crank ability. I funny I bought the same hitch extender also. The winch comes with a hitch ball quick connect. Using a UHAUL to pick up a 69 Buick GS. Thanks
Awesome vid. I have to do the same, car is 1000 miles away. Needs to finally come home, doing all of this except the rope issue 🙂. Thanks for the well formatted and informative video. Next stop HF.
Great Stuff Brother those moments where an old piece of carpet or a a floor mat over a sharp edge will save a rope or a strap nice thing is you can upgrade that rope in that wench any time and it is safer in my mind then a cable wench when it breaks but you do not want to be the target of either one breaking.... Be Blessed Brother!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙏
One thing to note at least the one time I did this. Make sure the car is centered in the trailer. Mine shook at around 60+ mph in the freeway because it was not centered properly. I’m centered it and it was way better.
Fam!!!!!!!! Man I’ve been researching how to do this and I was on the right track! Thank you for the upload brother🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 I got the dual receiver and winch receiver tray. Imma grab the 12k lb winch on Black Friday. I think imma make a set of battery cables with a quick disconnect and a quick disconnect on the winch. Easy peezy Lemon squeezy!! Thanks again fammo! This saves me $4-$6000 on a trailer I’d use a few times a year haha!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Fasho. It's a lil investment but saves tons of money til u decide if u want your own trailer. I'm surprised nobody ever thought of making a vid showing how to do it.
Yesssir! Bruh I can’t thank you enough for this upload! And I found you on IG and didn’t realize you already follow me!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 I’m putting a vid together on this as well. Could I use a portion of your vid? I won’t have a trailer for a while but wanna get the content up. I’ll add a link to this vid as well!🏁🏁🏁🏁
@@CatlocosGarage Thanks again fam! I got all the parts (waiting for Black Friday for the winch) and stitched a vid together. MUCH APPRECIATED on letting me use parts of your vid brother!!🙏🏾💪🏾🙏🏾
Here is the problem i have with this. That hitch extender you have there puts a lot of leverage on your hitch and vehicles frame. Increasing load on it. And decreasing your maximum pulling load by 50%.
I’ve heard that part as well. I’ve used it several times going about 200 miles away. Hoping they make a shorter version under 12”. It does the job of winching a vehicle by yourself.
@@CatlocosGarage yea i like your idea. My thought is cant you use it as a winch.. but anchor the car trailer in place with a jack after and swap back to a short hitch n ball ? Im looking on hetting a 76 Jeep J10 pickup 8ft bed truck.. and im using my 90 Grand Wagoneer to pull it. Oddly its rated onky 5000 lbs. But the Jeeps with the 401 engines were rated 7500lbs. Not TOO much if a diff from a 360 and 401 besides maybe 60hp. So i think my Jeep will be ok towing a uhaul trailer eith a 4200 lbs truck. Itll be about 6400 lbs total. If its got a 7500lbs rating with trailer brakes on a 401.. then i think with my 360 if i jist watch the engine temps. And drive at 50-55 or under ill be ok My Jeep with me weighs 5200 lbs.. but its wheel base is like i think 109 or 119 inchs i forgot. So its not a HUGE vehicle like todays trucks. Drum rear. Disk front.. has a tow package.. so i have a class 3/4 hitch and trans cooler.. snd its well maintained by me.. all new ball joints. U joints.. everything runs good. Itll be a 140 mile treck. I dunno what do you think ? I gatta test my brake lighting wiring though lol it came eith electric brake controller. But i dunno if the wiring is still sending power bsck there ir nit. I know the uhaul just need a 5 pin adapter for lights and thats it
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 Definitely safer unhooking and putting a short ball after winching. These U-Haul trailer tells you stay at 55 mph or they sway like a mother and risk flipping. These trailers are intended for city use, but everybody takes them on the highway. This was a temp solution for short distances. The problem is nobody has made a solution to this issue. I jumped on this one when I saw it at HF. I knew what I was gonna use it for. Anything from HF is risky, but we know when we shop there. Their quality has improved drastically lately though.
@@CatlocosGarage hinestly ppl shit on harbor freight but most of my tools are frim there.. my 90amp flux welder ive had for 6 years.. done floors. Frame rails.. exhaust pipes..you name it.. hasnt died yet. Drills and other tools i still use from em.. thr only thing ive broken are breaker bars and stuff
This is a great idea but on the u-haul trailer I rented today the plastic latch on the ball was too high for me to be able to insert the winch carrier into the extender. I noticed the trailer I rented had a different winder than the one in this video, so there must be different models out there. If the extender was 0.5" taller it probably would have worked.
No problem bro. I knew this vid would help a ton of people moving non-running vehicles and nobody has shown this mount on UA-cam. They sell 2 versions at Harbor Freight. I'll add links in the description.
You want the rope coming off the bottom of the drum and out the fairlead. Not peeling off the top and having to do a crazy bend at the fairlead. Your rope will last longer too..
As is. Ready to go. The one in the video is a Badlands Plate from HF. The winch is from Amazon. HF sells a Badlands 10K version. I have links in the description.
Thanks bro. This was my biggest pet peeve with trailer rentals. They didn't add a place to add a winch for non-running vehicles and nobody on UA-cam showed this idea.
Fasho. Just depends how often you're gonna need this setup. Initial investment but cheaper than buying a trailer and winch. I plan on getting a trailer eventually and I have a lot of cars.
Searched for a solution to load disabled car onto Uhaul trailer, came across this. Just used this method this past weekend. Worked great! Thank you for your effort to put this video together.
That's great new. Glad it's still helping.
You don’t know how many people you just helped! Awesome video!!!
Share the video out. I'm trying to get it out there. Save on tow trucks and load a car by yourself. It's not for a one time purpose though. Gotta make sense to buy everything.
just got this whole setup, thanks for the video. been needing an excuse to buy a winch
When I google searched "add a winch to uhaul" i knew someone had the same idea as me. Thanks!
They didn't when I searched, so I made a vid to help the next person. No problem.
Nice work! I was looking for a 1 man operation, this is perfect!
Bro Thank you!! I been searching for this solution..
Happy to help
This is exactly the video i wanted! I saw these exact parts and was very curious because I have the trailers, but I cannot afford to install winches on all of them. Also, i want to remove the winch and put it in dry storage when I'm not using it.
Glad it helped
The winch is mounted backward, causing the line to run over the top of the drum and make a sharp bend to exit the fairlead... it's supposed to run under the drum and out the fairlead, so it is a direct pull with no crazy bend in the line before exiting the fairlead. Spin the winch 180° on the mount so the line spools off the bottom of the drum.
Gotcha. Thanks
A year later YOURE still helping people with this!!! Just bought a non running 81 Caballero and trying to tow it home 4 hours away. Thanks!!🔥🔥🔥 QUESTION DO I NEED EVERYTHING IN THE DESCRIPTION? Never used one before.
Fasho. That's the reason for the vid. Thanks for watching.
You need a winch, winch mount for the winch, battery for the winch and the dual hitch. I needed the terminals for my car battery and the hitch pins for the mounts. I have my own trailer now, but this was just a temporary thing til i could afford my own trailer. I already knew i would need a winch for when i bought a car trailer. This way is worth it, if you will tow several times. Not worth it, if only doing once.
Just the video I have been looking for. My first time winching!. Bought a 2000 harbor freight badland marine winch. Mainly because it has both hand and electric crank ability. I funny I bought the same hitch extender also. The winch comes with a hitch ball quick connect. Using a UHAUL to pick up a 69 Buick GS. Thanks
No problem. I've been wanting to be able to do this for years. Made a video to help other people trying to do the same thing.
You are the greatest! True life saver! Can’t believe I didn’t think of this idea. Been looking for a solution for this for a month! Subbed! 🤙🏼
Awesome video! You should make a video on how to setup! You got a new subscriber my man! Thanks!!!
Thanks. Hope it helped. I have my own trailer now, so doing it differently.
Cat Loco you are the man bro! Thx
Awesome vid. I have to do the same, car is 1000 miles away. Needs to finally come home, doing all of this except the rope issue 🙂. Thanks for the well formatted and informative video. Next stop HF.
Fasho. Hope it helps. They should make them with a winch plate. Oh well. 😂 I did this by myself, so you should be fine.
Sweet video never thought of this! You have your winch spooling from the top it's supposed to pull from the bottom t
that's how it came out the box. i have to switch lines anyway. Nobody ever showed how to do it, so figure id show a simpler way.
Great Stuff Brother those moments where an old piece of carpet or a a floor mat over a sharp edge will save a rope or a strap nice thing is you can upgrade that rope in that wench any time and it is safer in my mind then a cable wench when it breaks but you do not want to be the target of either one breaking.... Be Blessed Brother!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙏
Yeah I forgot it got snagged last time I used it. Yup. I'll just buy a nicer rope for it.
I just bought my setup last night! This is great!
Happy it helped.
You just saved me so much time with this video, thank you!
Fasho. Glad it helped.
One thing to note at least the one time I did this. Make sure the car is centered in the trailer. Mine shook at around 60+ mph in the freeway because it was not centered properly. I’m centered it and it was way better.
Great idea man. Thanks.
That's pretty smart. This way you don't have to worry about someone stealing the winch too, just take it off and put it inside.
Yup. Use it and remove it. It's heavy but better than someone stealing it.
Here watching, thank you for sharing 😊super cool
Fam!!!!!!!! Man I’ve been researching how to do this and I was on the right track! Thank you for the upload brother🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 I got the dual receiver and winch receiver tray. Imma grab the 12k lb winch on Black Friday. I think imma make a set of battery cables with a quick disconnect and a quick disconnect on the winch. Easy peezy Lemon squeezy!! Thanks again fammo! This saves me $4-$6000 on a trailer I’d use a few times a year haha!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Fasho. It's a lil investment but saves tons of money til u decide if u want your own trailer. I'm surprised nobody ever thought of making a vid showing how to do it.
Yesssir! Bruh I can’t thank you enough for this upload! And I found you on IG and didn’t realize you already follow me!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 I’m putting a vid together on this as well. Could I use a portion of your vid? I won’t have a trailer for a while but wanna get the content up. I’ll add a link to this vid as well!🏁🏁🏁🏁
@@elcowarren I'm cool, but yt may flag it.
@@CatlocosGarage Thanks again fam! I got all the parts (waiting for Black Friday for the winch) and stitched a vid together. MUCH APPRECIATED on letting me use parts of your vid brother!!🙏🏾💪🏾🙏🏾
Thanks, that was super helpful.
Noice!!!!
I always liked uhaul's car trailers, especially that fold down fender when needed.
Yup. I'd like to own one, but they aren't that great at hwy speeds.
@@CatlocosGarage they won't sell them. They use them until they junk them. I think the dollies are the only one they sell used.
@@diymisfit_Mechanic_UDX404 I know. They used to sell them. They sell the 2 wheel dollies.
Here is the problem i have with this. That hitch extender you have there puts a lot of leverage on your hitch and vehicles frame. Increasing load on it. And decreasing your maximum pulling load by 50%.
I’ve heard that part as well. I’ve used it several times going about 200 miles away. Hoping they make a shorter version under 12”. It does the job of winching a vehicle by yourself.
@@CatlocosGarage yea i like your idea. My thought is cant you use it as a winch.. but anchor the car trailer in place with a jack after and swap back to a short hitch n ball ?
Im looking on hetting a 76 Jeep J10 pickup 8ft bed truck.. and im using my 90 Grand Wagoneer to pull it. Oddly its rated onky 5000 lbs. But the Jeeps with the 401 engines were rated 7500lbs. Not TOO much if a diff from a 360 and 401 besides maybe 60hp. So i think my Jeep will be ok towing a uhaul trailer eith a 4200 lbs truck. Itll be about 6400 lbs total. If its got a 7500lbs rating with trailer brakes on a 401.. then i think with my 360 if i jist watch the engine temps. And drive at 50-55 or under ill be ok
My Jeep with me weighs 5200 lbs.. but its wheel base is like i think 109 or 119 inchs i forgot. So its not a HUGE vehicle like todays trucks.
Drum rear. Disk front.. has a tow package.. so i have a class 3/4 hitch and trans cooler.. snd its well maintained by me.. all new ball joints. U joints.. everything runs good.
Itll be a 140 mile treck. I dunno what do you think ? I gatta test my brake lighting wiring though lol it came eith electric brake controller. But i dunno if the wiring is still sending power bsck there ir nit. I know the uhaul just need a 5 pin adapter for lights and thats it
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 Definitely safer unhooking and putting a short ball after winching. These U-Haul trailer tells you stay at 55 mph or they sway like a mother and risk flipping. These trailers are intended for city use, but everybody takes them on the highway. This was a temp solution for short distances. The problem is nobody has made a solution to this issue. I jumped on this one when I saw it at HF. I knew what I was gonna use it for. Anything from HF is risky, but we know when we shop there. Their quality has improved drastically lately though.
@@CatlocosGarage hinestly ppl shit on harbor freight but most of my tools are frim there.. my 90amp flux welder ive had for 6 years.. done floors. Frame rails.. exhaust pipes..you name it.. hasnt died yet.
Drills and other tools i still use from em.. thr only thing ive broken are breaker bars and stuff
The Harbor Freight dual hitch extender has a weight limit of 4000 lbs. I wouldn't tow a trailer with it. I would use it to load a vehicle.
Cool man , I was going to mount on trailer in toolbox. I like that idea better
I knew what I would do with it soon as I saw it.
This is a great idea but on the u-haul trailer I rented today the plastic latch on the ball was too high for me to be able to insert the winch carrier into the extender. I noticed the trailer I rented had a different winder than the one in this video, so there must be different models out there.
If the extender was 0.5" taller it probably would have worked.
Interesting I've only seen one kind of trailer and I've rented numerous trailers over the yrs. It's possible. It also depends on your 2" ball.
Its on now....love.the winch idea
No problem bro. I knew this vid would help a ton of people moving non-running vehicles and nobody has shown this mount on UA-cam. They sell 2 versions at Harbor Freight. I'll add links in the description.
Good stuff. Thanks. How did you get it off the trailer when you got it back to your shop?
Pushed it off, but now i use a snatch block on the back of the trailer.
Yo whens the new video dropping?
Good question. 😊 I took a break to focus on my music producer side. I’ll def be back tho.
You want the rope coming off the bottom of the drum and out the fairlead. Not peeling off the top and having to do a crazy bend at the fairlead. Your rope will last longer too..
It's a chinese winch. notice the In and Out works as designed. if i swapped then it'd be backwards.
Did the winch plate come as it is in the video? Or, did you have to do some welding?
As is. Ready to go. The one in the video is a Badlands Plate from HF. The winch is from Amazon. HF sells a Badlands 10K version. I have links in the description.
SS I need me one lol great video !!!!
Thanks bro. This was my biggest pet peeve with trailer rentals. They didn't add a place to add a winch for non-running vehicles and nobody on UA-cam showed this idea.
Great info
No problem. Had to share it.
Please move off to the side of the tow line. Anything could possibly happen and the line snaps.
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Bro that’s crazy I passed on so many cars because I didn’t have a winch that can hook up to haul
Fasho. Just depends how often you're gonna need this setup. Initial investment but cheaper than buying a trailer and winch. I plan on getting a trailer eventually and I have a lot of cars.
Good video. Crap background music.
Noted😂
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Thanks for watching brother. Hope this helps people.
13000lb isn't overkill considering you are likely around 25ft
Everything I haul is under 4K, but I understand. I went with the largest winch in my budget at the time.
Hello, where did you buy the winch at? Great info Thanks
Amazon. HF sells one similar as well.
@@CatlocosGarage okay cool. What brand is the one you got on Amazon? Thanks