After a bunch of figuring and measuring, I've found that to make the winch work on my M715 wrecker build, I have 2 options.
Convert the mechanical winch I have to hydraulic with the hydro motor I have, I would have to have an engine mounted clutch pump, and the rest of the hydro system obviously. Clutch pumps are $$$ and used market isn't existent from what I've seen.
OR run the Ramsey RE10,000 I have. Seems to be the better option as I have almost everything I need for an overbuilt setup.
Truck has a 65 amp alternator and a group 31 starting battery up front already. I have a pair of group 31 deep cycles that I bought for $40 (thanks Batteries+ Bulbs) for a readywelder. Seems I could put both of those in the bed with the winch, separate from the starting battery, and run a (possibly smaller than typical?) charge cable front to back with a key on activated solenoid to charge the rear batteries only when the motors running. End goal of this truck is to have a robust recovery truck.
65 amp alt is brand new, wasn't planning on an electric winch when I bought it. Should be sufficient with the amount of battery reserve I have?
Bigger cable is usually better, but being that the alt is small, is 4 gauge cable sufficient to run to the rear batteries? Constant duty solenoid, anything over 65 amps should be good, right?
Winch has newer solenoids on it, no real use on them except function testing. I also have a Warn contactor solenoid, is it a worthwhile upgrade if the solenoids are good?
Thinking about adding a wireless remote to the setup, are they pretty good these days? Never used one.
Thanks
Convert the mechanical winch I have to hydraulic with the hydro motor I have, I would have to have an engine mounted clutch pump, and the rest of the hydro system obviously. Clutch pumps are $$$ and used market isn't existent from what I've seen.
OR run the Ramsey RE10,000 I have. Seems to be the better option as I have almost everything I need for an overbuilt setup.
Truck has a 65 amp alternator and a group 31 starting battery up front already. I have a pair of group 31 deep cycles that I bought for $40 (thanks Batteries+ Bulbs) for a readywelder. Seems I could put both of those in the bed with the winch, separate from the starting battery, and run a (possibly smaller than typical?) charge cable front to back with a key on activated solenoid to charge the rear batteries only when the motors running. End goal of this truck is to have a robust recovery truck.
65 amp alt is brand new, wasn't planning on an electric winch when I bought it. Should be sufficient with the amount of battery reserve I have?
Bigger cable is usually better, but being that the alt is small, is 4 gauge cable sufficient to run to the rear batteries? Constant duty solenoid, anything over 65 amps should be good, right?
Winch has newer solenoids on it, no real use on them except function testing. I also have a Warn contactor solenoid, is it a worthwhile upgrade if the solenoids are good?
Thinking about adding a wireless remote to the setup, are they pretty good these days? Never used one.
Thanks