New project

So my winch came in today but it did not come with any hard ware any suggestions on what to use

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Is that box part of the winch, or is it a receiver?

Yes that box is part of winch it the receiver winch plugs into it and from there it plugs to Power source and car alarm key chain controls it found some hardware laying round got it mounted just gotta figure out wiring now

well if you dont want to run 2 seperate batteries for just the winch and the reciever box you could cut the tamiya connector off and add a servo end on there and just plug it into the reciever box even if its not the 3rd channel

I was thinking of just soldering it to where I got bec soldered to esc and running a wire to the front and just solder there also

So soldering winch leads to were esc/bec is was complete fail circuit board runs off six volt so I got it all situated under hood and made extra female jst plug on my light harness so I gotta go get some male ones tomorrow and it should finally be done

Are those two power switches in there?

Those are my power switches one on the right is esc and the one ont left is bec it was really convent to put them there and they really can't be noticed when truck is all put together

I see. I didn't know you needed a switch for the BEC. I thought it might be for the winch.

I guess most uaasally don't but I went with Novak 3amp universal and it came with switch

Have you got it back together? How is it running?

I did get it back together runs super good she's a beast only problem is rc4wd sent me faulty winch so I'm stuck waiting 2weeks before they get another in stock kinda sucks but it is what it is

Sorry to hear that. Do you think they have a high ratio of bad winch units?

It has to be somewhat of an issue for them on the forum a number of people had complained bout it and when I emailed them they addressed issue and resolved it no question asked so they must know of the issue also even though they claim to test everything at their wharehouse on lighter note got conformation email this afternoon my new unit will be shipping out in 2 days all and all I would still recommend rc4wd they got great product and excellent customer service

Are they the only ones who make a Warn style RC truck winch? I've seen them on several websites but don't know if they are all from thew same manufacturer.

There's a few brands that make a winch but none look as legit as rc4wds they actually just came out warn licensed winch but it was bout twice as much as the one I got

Do you think it's twice as good to go along with the price? What is better?

Ive heard that those 3 racing or bulldog winchs are junk stength wise. They look killer. One thing that i see alot is called servo winches. They are strong and are durable if built right.

Honestly they are what they are the people that talk bad bout the the rc4wd or 3racing are uaasally guys that try to dead lift there 12 pound truck into a tree and burn them up as for servo winch that would have been nice but I have old school airtronics with 2 position 3rd channel so I had to go with wireless setup