Trailer storage winch

[Nab]

We did some renos at home so the old trailer parking spot is no longer there and I was sick of having the trailer take up room in the carport. So I decided to make a winch to pull it up vertically against the shed.

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I used some 60x60x5mm angle and welded a heavy duty D shackle onto it. This is the pully!



I welded them to the C channel of the carport and touched it up with some matching paint. Welding upsidedown sucks, put lots of little holes in my shirt...



The full setup. I was going to use an electric winch but a $27 boat handwinch was hard to beat! Ignore the black soot mark on the white paint, I was welding it at 9:30PM And I thought a piece of duct tape would stop the timber from being scorched, almost burnt the carport down haha!



The winch in use today. Have got some old Telstra rope tying it to the carport but will weld some chain to the carport to hold it up.

[Dicko1]

Bunnings sell cheap pulleys that you could purchase and attach to shackle. Lot more efficient and safer.

[starjunk]

Nice one! used to do a similar thing with my trailer, using a "brawn" brand winch. Hard work. In the end, I decided that for the amount of times I use the trailer nowadays, it's cheaper for me to hire one when I need it than to register my own.
Victorians have it good, don't they.... Not needing to register trailers as long as they don't leave the state.
I digress. Nice project, Nab, well done. I love the ingenuity on this forum

[arrow]

Victorians have it good, don't they.... Not needing to register trailers as long as they don't leave the state.

Not entirely correct, only certain trailers are classified "exempt". Usually below a certain weight and less than the width of the towing vehicle.

[Just Cruzin]

Not entirely correct, only certain trailers are classified "exempt". Usually below a certain weight and less than the width of the towing vehicle.

Has to be under 3m total length, but for $40 odd bucks a year for rego who cares. If you can't afford the 40, shouldn't be driving a 4x4. Only have to hire once a year and your trailer will pay for itself.
Love the storage concept, bit OTT just to keep water out.

[Drewan]

I've never had to actually store my trailer .more a case of finding out who's got the bloody thing

[Nab]

I didn't know Bunnings sold the pulleys, may have to modify it... Not sure it would be any safer but probably easier on my old shoulders...

I've always had a trailer, I hate having to borrow/hire them haha!!!!! Just sold my 8x5 and got this 7x4, now the missus can move it on her own when doing the gardening etc. Sometimes it won't be used for 3 months then it will be used for a week straight while mulching the garden etc, that way if I don't finish the job all the mulch can sit in the trailer until I get round to it!!

[craka]

I didn't know Bunnings sold the pulleys, may have to modify it... Not sure it would be any safer but probably easier on my old shoulders...

I've always had a trailer, I hate having to borrow/hire them haha!!!!! Just sold my 8x5 and got this 7x4, now the missus can move it on her own when doing the gardening etc. Sometimes it won't be used for 3 months then it will be used for a week straight while mulching the garden etc, that way if I don't finish the job all the mulch can sit in the trailer until I get round to it!!

The ones at bunnigs are pretty ordinary, they are not smooth running and don't have any bearing in them.
I would probably go to a marine shop for a decent pulley.

[Rnn_onmt]

The ones at bunnigs are pretty ordinary, they are not smooth running and don't have any bearing in them.
I would probably go to a marine shop for a decent pulley.

Go to a rigging place and get proper blocks or of course a snatch block/bow shackle would work

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