After over a month of waiting for this thing, it finally arrived today. First of all, beware of how heavy these suckers are. I knew it would be heavy... but didn't figure THIS heavy. Too bad I don't have a bathroom scale, I'd weigh it.
Anyways, on to the pictures!
Surprisingly simple to put together... well, it basically came assembled. You just put on the hook and bolt it to the winch plate (I'm using a curt receiver mounted winch plate).
Close up of the controller. Simple, but effective. Nice rubber bumpers on the left and right to protect the switch too.
Finally a tease of it on the truck. Not wired up or anything, but I at least lugged it over and took a picture for you guys. Again... this thing is a bitch to carry around! I think I've decided I HAVE to get synthetic asap, for the weight issue alone!.
A couple questions... I purchased a 0 gauge Anderson plug (pictured below)... rated to 350 A. But the connectors seem much too large for the wire gauge of the winch. I don't think they'd crimp onto the wires at all. Did I get the wrong sized connector possibly?
Secondly, the kit came with a 150A fuse that apparently you are supposed to put inline with the winch wiring. While I see the reasoning behind this, I thought winches pulled like 300 amps at full power?
I think I'm also going to have to get a new battery in order to even connect the winch. I don't see any obvious way to connect the winch to the stock battery. Or am I just blind?