Winch wiring for rear cradle winch

[tremortime]

I want to wire my truck for a cradle winch for the rear and possibly the front. There are several winch install kits that come with everything needed. Some kits have 24 feet of 2 gauge wire. Is that long enough to route correctly from front to back?

 

[RCnTexas]

Watching this one - I am thinking of doing the same thing. (I use the winch to pull my dock in when the lake rises.)

I'd rather add one on a bumper on the front but no options that I can find keep the adaptive cruise.

 

[tremortime]

I’d like to add the factory winch but $3k is way too much even though it looks fantastic but doesn’t help if I have to pull backwards.

 

[Wanabxtrm]

I can’t speak for the tremor yet; but the long “kit” superwinch sells was more than enough for me to cross the engine bay and run to the rear of my F150 (Crew 6+’ bed); which should be the same for a super duty. For what it’s worth I ran a fuse block (replaceable high amperage), then a blue sea battery disconnect switch, then ran the cabling the length of the frame, with the connector tucked up next to the hitch. I used a 3 way switch on the f150 which also fed the front tray connector; and allowed double duty for jumping when needed.

I plan do the same with the tremor; that is at least until I replace the bumper with a hidden winch Road Armor rear bumper.

I’m sure I’ve got some photos buried in iPhoto if you need more detail.

 

[Chris21667]

I want to wire my truck for a cradle winch for the rear and possibly the front. There are several winch install kits that come with everything needed. Some kits have 24 feet of 2 gauge wire. Is that long enough to route correctly from front to back?

yes it is i winched up a quick discount to the rear hitch for a rear hitch winch mount but only run the winch when i need it so that why i went with quick discount ... worked but the quick discount was cheap and fell apart but it worked in the beginning

 

[rbimd]

This is mine...
It is a Blue Sea 300 AMP switch hooked up to the auxillary battery positive points...It sits atop the fuse box but has enough slack that the box is still accessible

I used the 275 AMP post. It runs through a fusible link provided with the winch, to the switch, then to 20' of TEMCO® 2/0 welder cable atop the right frame rail, to the rear hitch Anderson connector. The front has 4' to the front hitch Anderson. Nice thing is the wires are not live past the switch when the switch is off, and I insulated the bottom connectors of the switch pretty well.

 

[tarcher]

I've had the system since 2006. Warn kit. I just made sure my measurments were more than less. My last truck was longer than this tremor. All i diid was doubled back a ft or so to take up the slack along the frame. Findind a place to bolt the relay was the hardest part. Powering it thru an upfitter switch was easy.

 

[rbimd]

I've had the system since 2006. Warn kit. I just made sure my measurments were more than less. My last truck was longer than this tremor. All i diid was doubled back a ft or so to take up the slack along the frame. Findind a place to bolt the relay was the hardest part. Powering it thru an upfitter switch was easy.

Does the upfitter wire go to the winch solenoid? (obviously the upfitters can't do winch POWER....)