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Okay so I am currently working on making a removable which that uses a hitch receiver for a car carrier. I was wondering if any of you have done this if so what are some ideas or pictures you have of your setup.

I have seen some ideas on garage journal and other places.

We have the winch set up already just waiting for the trailer to be finished for pickup.

Here are pictures of the winch.





Here is the picture of the trailer but will slightly differ with the ramps instead of the dual gate ramps it will have two six foot tuck away car ramps.

Mounting the winch between the main towbar (receiver) and the ball will extend the coupling a lot further than I would consider safe and add pressure in the wrong direction on the trailer part of the connection. I would make a quick release bracket for the "A" frame of the trailer instead and achieve the same result.
Tony

I mounted a piece of square receiver tubing to the front center if the trailer bed. It is welded directly to the top of the cross member. That puts the hole in the receiver about an inch above the deck. Also put a short length of chain with hook on the end of the tubing that fits into the receiver. Make sure that the hook is small enough to fit into the receiver tube on the diagonal. That way you can use the winch in several ways. Plug it into receiver on the trailer, receiver on the truck, chain it to a tree or hook it on D-ring or any other solid object. Since I have an 18 foot bed on my trailer the winch has never been in the way so I can leave it in place after winching a vehicle or tractor onto the trailer. Helps to unload vehicles without brakes. I have used my winch to guide the fall of trees, slide heavy objects, pull my stuck truck from a mud hole (that is a story in in itself). Have 50 foot of cable and snatch block so can pull twice the 4500 lb rating. Has proven to be a versatile setup. Most of the time I use the chain hook through the trailer receiver as it is convenient and I don't have to hunt for the pin.

Thanks yeah we have an extra reciver hitch laying around here and thought that would be a good idea. Our trailer is going to be 20 feet long with 5200lb axles so the trailer will have the ability to tow a max of 8000lbs this is because the weight of the trailer itself.