First Post Looking for advice

[por72911]

Hello everbody,

I stumbled on to this forum through another site and I think this is a great place! Here is the problem: I married into a house with a steep driveway and any time I have to unload a car (that does not run) from a trailer or push a car out into the drive way it is a major chore to get it into the garage. Here is what I am thinking: 1/2 plate bolted to the the floor with 6 very large anchors, then mount a 2" reciever to the plate so tha I can slide a winch into. I can then use the winch to pull the car into the garage. The guy at the hardware store (seems very knowledgable) said that the anchors will hold the plate with out a problem. What do you think?

 

[bluesman2a]

It should be good if you use the correct anchors, but 1/2" plate is WAY overkill for this type of thing. Typically 9500# winches are mounted on vehicles using 3/16" or 1/4" plate at MOST.

Again, I think the anchors are more critical than anythning else here.

 

[Junkman]

If I understand the problem correctly, the car would be located on the downhill side of the garage and you want to use the winch to pull the car into the garage. If this is the case, then you would need to put a roller at the front of the garage for the cable to roll on until the first set of wheels were to move onto the garage floor. Take a clothes line and tie it to something that is secure in the garage at the hight of the winch. Then stretch it out to the point where the car would be located, and see if it is going to rub on the floor as you are winching the car into the garage. If it is, then a roller is going to be needed to prevent damage to the cable.

 

[ovilla]

Perfect timing on this one. Just last weekend I drilled out a buddy's floor to mount a 9,500 lb T-Max winch to his garage floor. He has a steep (and curved) driveway and wanted to be able to winch his boat back in to the garage so that he could have more control getting it into it's spot. His winch is mounted to a 1/2" plate, which is the same plate one would use on a truck. Anyway, we needed to give the winch some height so the plate is actually mounted on a couple of pieces of 2X2 steel tubing and is anchored down with four 1/2" bolts. His winch has a wired remote and a wireless one, as well as 90' of wire. He attached a tow strap around the boat trailer and actually reverses the boat into its spot. Anyway, good luck with your project.

 

[por72911]

Thanks for all the input! I have a 4" "drop" reciever I was planning to weld to my plate then I would have 4" of rise. I was wondering if 1/2 in was an over kill but there will be a couple of times that I will need to winch my crew cab dually so I was wanting a little extra meat. Thanks again you guys have been very helpful, I will post pics when it is completed.

Paul

 

[1320stang]

Shoot, I'd use a pulley and a piece of cable, use my vehicle going down the drive to pull other vehicle up the drive. This works well if you have a person in the second vehicle

 

[sharpshooter]

Buy **** that runs LOL, seriuosly though, I hope you get something worked out...

 

[zj96sc]

...... mounted to a 1/2" plate, which is the same plate one would use on a truck. ...........

most winch plates are not 1/2"....or even close.

 

[por72911]

Buy **** that runs LOL, seriuosly though, I hope you get something worked out...

Where is the fun in that?