Sherpa Grunter Boat Trailer Winch 5500kg 12V

Finally a high quality and powerful trailer winch has been designed and built with the purpose task of winching boats and vehicles onto trailers. Not only is this winch fast and strong, but it also comes with some exciting features which set it apart from anything else on the market.

This winch has been custom designed and built essentially for one operation, winching boats onto trailers. For years the world has been putting up with cheap and nasty Chinese winches which probably work for a small tinny, however quickly fail if your boat is a decent size and weight. Any half decent winches out there on the market are slow and just don't deliver value for money.

Sherpa 4x4 have used their extensive knowledge of the winch and hoisting industry to build a task specific boat trailer winch. This winch is different to anything else on the market and will outperform the competition. Designed to rival the homemade winches you sometimes see professional fisherman using with starter motors and large flywheels, the Sherpa winch delivers similar high performance from a compact, safe and low maintenance design.

Features:

• 12Volt
• Suits boats weighing up to 5,500 kg
• Genuine Albright solenoid electrics
• 316 stainless steel fittings, cross members and drum 
• Includes 10m of webbing - suits boats and vehicles of all sizes
• Electronic brake design ensures positive engagement
• High speed for faster recoveries
• Waterproof hoist style hand remote control with optional wireless kit (sold separately - see related products)
• IP68 Rated
• 5 Year warranty

Motor: A 6hp series wound heavy duty motor is used to drive the winch. Using a large oversized motor means the winch is hardly working and therefore runs cooler and as a result lasts longer. Yes for a large motor you need large cables, however this is covered and the winch is supplied with a wiring kit which allows a good power supply from your vehicles engine bay to the rear of your vehicle, through a high amperage plug and into your winch.

Tough & Durable: The tooling from the Sherpa 4x4 winches has been reused meaning you are getting the strength and build quality from a proven quality offroad winch in a boat trailer winch. Sherpa use aluminum winch bodies making their winches lighter and resistance to corrosion without sacrificing strength.

Braking Design: Sherpa winches are known for their superior brake designs with their 4x4 winches housing the brake in the gearbox. For the boat trailer winch a completely new design has been incorporated and now the brake is moved to the motor. The brake design is electric meaning the brake is released when you 'winch in' or 'winch out', however activates as soon as you release the button. This design makes for a very strong and fully controlled winch brake design and it is well suited to the operating environments of boat trailer winches.

Quality gearbox: A new gearbox ratio has been designed and built specifically to optimise the boat trailer winches operation. These are high quality cut gears not sintered steel like your cheap winches. The selected ratio is a good balance between speed, pulling power and balancing amperage draw.   

Electrics: Sherpa only use the highest quality genuine Albright solenoids across their full range of winches and this has been continued in their boat trailer winch. Customers demand reliability and performance and Albright deliver with the electrical components on this winch. Sherpa winches are IP68 rated.

Powerful: This winch will retrieve boats weighing up to 5,500 kg on a 45 degree inclined ramp without having to double line pull. Now also available is a HP model (see related products) which is geared lower and slower with even more power. The HD model is designed for boats weighing 4,500-9,000 kg or for people dragging big boats onto trailers without rollers. 

Simplicity: The Sherpa boat trailer winches are supplied with everything needed to mount and wire the winch at home. Whilst we recommend the services of a auto-electrical to safely run the cables, instructions and components are supplied in the box to make installation a breeze. Generous cabling is supplied in the box to suit large 4x4's such as the 200 series Landcruiser however longer cabling can be provided on request for larger American style of trucks.

Warranty and Parts: 5 Year warranty. A complete range of spare parts are also available in Australia if ever required.