......complain about Harbor Freight I do on occasion buy there. My rule about not buying anything from HF that my life or livelihood depend on still holds true because I've had way too many failures with HF tools.

Last summer they sent me a monthly sale flyer with their winches on sale. Ironically they had the 12K winch priced cheaper than the 9K and 6K winches. Reasoning that the stress on the 12K (from pulling my 3K+ coupe onto the trailer), relative to what it's designed to handle, would be less than on the 6K AND the 12K was $30 cheaper I bought one. I also bought their winch mount. I had them mounted on my trailer along with a battery mount for a dedicated winch battery. So far I've used it twice and haven't had a problem with it.

Yesterday I got an email from HF about a wireless remote control for the 6K, 9K & 12K winches for $19.95. Thinking I can then load the car by myself without having to holler at the wife to steer the car up the ramps I ordered one of those today.

For anyone interested HF has the winches on sale again. I highly recommend the winch mount as well.

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