Badland Apex 12000 lb Winch COMPLETE Install with Warn Plate and Line Tensioning

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Күн бұрын

I was deadset on installing a Warn winch for my Jeep Rubicon 392. But, after procratinating long enough, I realized that the best winch to have is the one you have on you when you need it. And with the incredible deals on the Badland Apex 12,000 lb winch, by Harbor Freight, my curiosity was definitely sparked. After doing some research, people just love this winch and have put it through it's paces and ranked it as a very durable winch, worthy of being compared to the almighty Warn Zeon 12S, that retails for nearly three times as much! Come along on this journey of mine with a complete unboxing, install, and synthetic line tensioning of the Badland Apex 12000 pound winch on my 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 392, along with the Warn winch mounting plate that's been sitting in my garage for some time.
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Why I chose the Badland
03:33 - Before Measurements
04:35 - Unboxing
08:46 - Uninstalling Bumper
12:03 - Installing Warn Winch Plate
14:05 - Re-routing Power Wire
21:13 - Fitting Winch to Winch Plate
23:48 - Installing Ground Wire
25:45 - Mounting Winch to Winch Plate
27:22 - Mounting Mopar Steel Bumper
29:17 - Warn Fairlead
30:43 - Wire Routing
31:45 - Battery Disconnect Switch
32:38 - Testing Power
33:06 - Re-installing Steel Bumper
33:49 - Re-installing Skid Plate
34:31 - Installing Fairlead and Hook
35:20 - Redo Wiring
35:40 - Wireless Winching
36:06 - Clutch Handle Issue
37:43 - After Measurements
38:18 - Tensioning the Line
41:47 - Extro
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@chrisjensen8446 3 ай бұрын

Great video. A lot a good information and detail in working through the challenges... Thanks for sharing!

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! 👍 In the end it was worth it.

@plrx760 2 ай бұрын

Loose wires are a no go. Good csll installing the swith, now you need a fused hub. Get a terminal crimper to do customed lenght on your wires. The conyrol box's ground wire, cit the excess and add a new terminal. 👍

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 2 ай бұрын

All good tips! Thank you! 🙏🏽

@davidcollar1543 2 ай бұрын

Nice rig! Just installed my apex on my blue Gladiator. I had to modify mine just like yours. Thanks, your video did help! Be safe out there!

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad it could help!

@mrjeffry25 3 ай бұрын

Really good video and informative and also learned that I need to wear safety glasses :)

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I just had to learn the hard way. LOL!

@martysheets6882 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the show and tell Brother, I just bought that winch it's still in the box but you'll be a big help, Thank You. Oh by the way nice Rig, love the blue.

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad it could be of any help!

@warmeds2009 5 ай бұрын

Good call on the winch...

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! 👍

@deanthonymims3095 Ай бұрын

Those other drivers passing you, not a single person has stopped and ask if you needed any help yet and incredible and great video and thanks for the review

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy Ай бұрын

That's an interesting observation! I was located kind of in an embankment, but was sure visible to them. Perhaps they thought, "well he has the winch, what more could I provide?" Lol! A couple weeks ago we had pulled off the side of the road in a rural farm area of Arizona. We were simply switching drivers but a gentleman in a pickup truck was kind enough to ask if we needed help. There's still some shreds of humanity left in this world if you look hard enough.

@seanseoltoir 24 күн бұрын

From the terrain, it looks like he's in the Austin area, so there's a good chance that those drivers were liberals... Even if they had stopped, they would have just screwed things up...

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 23 күн бұрын

@@seanseoltoir 😂

@seanseoltoir 23 күн бұрын

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy -- I prefer to group all them together and call them "Gen-Slackers"...

@md6d7 3 ай бұрын

just rerouted my power cable today. Same exact winch bought a month ago and has a different setup in the control box than yours. mine was much easier to do. The bus bars in control box was all L shaped not like yours. Battery cable was right on top very easy to take off with one bolt. Thanks for the video

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 3 ай бұрын

Wow that’s interesting! I noticed in another video they looked different inside the box. I’m glad it was easier for you!

@cbrobinson10 3 ай бұрын

With the new 2024 grille I can confirm it does not touch and way more room behind the winch

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 3 ай бұрын

I had thought about swapping grills just for that reason alone. 😂

@cbrobinson10 3 ай бұрын

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy That's exactly why I did it because I had the same issue when I got my badlands winch. Now everything clears with room to spare

@SterlingBehrens 2 ай бұрын

if that wire ever gives you problems, just make your own with a 90 degree lug and it'll shoot straight out the new hole you drilled.

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice!

@stephenrose871 4 ай бұрын

Your control box is metal. Mine is plastic. I just bought mine last week in a store that just opened a few months ago. Interesting

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 4 ай бұрын

Wow, that's pretty interesting. Hopefully you got a pretty good deal on it! Seems they are constantly tweaking this winch. In another video I watched where the guy relocated the power wire, it had a hole in the back that he patched with some silicone. The way mine is, it's not a complete circle but just an opening that is not fully enclosed. So, I was not able to patch mine the way he did his. Just another update to the winch that they made since the prior years, I guess.

@dcrawf36 Ай бұрын

So what did you do with all of the extra parts that came with the winch for relocating the control box? asking cuz i need them 🤣 i'm wanting to relocate my control box.

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy Ай бұрын

I should still have them. Where abouts you located?

@dcrawf36 Ай бұрын

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy I’m in AZ.

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy Ай бұрын

@@dcrawf36 Do you happen to have Venmo or PayPal? I’d be happy to ship it out to you if you could cover the shipping. My email address is pkess3@hotmail.com.

@dcrawf36 Ай бұрын

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy I’ll email you. Thx!

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy Ай бұрын

Hey, I'm just curious if you ever sent me an email. I didn't see anything but my junk folder can get really full sometimes and it's easy for me to overlook it. If you're still interested in getting the control box, please let me know. Thanks!

@Jacob-rn 3 ай бұрын

What do you think the total install time would be if you weren't filming?

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 3 ай бұрын

If just installing the winch and the winch plate, probably 3-4 hours tops. It took me like a day and a half, which not only included filming, but doing the relocation of the main power wire. That's really what took the longest amount of time and was a little bit exhausting. Also, getting the factory bumper to sit flush before fastening the bolts also took a little bit of time, but I soon realized that fastening them down was going to line it up and make it flush anyways. So, that time was a little bit wasted. Overall it was really not too bad, all things considered. The final product was totally worth it IMO. Oh, and routing the wiring and getting the battery disconnect switch exactly how I wanted it, took some time as well. I'm a bit of a perfectionist though, and I'll readjust something five different times until I have it just like I want it. lol!

@maverick_jl 5 ай бұрын

it's BULLETPROOF!!! I mean - not literally hahaha - but I've had 0 issues with it

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 5 ай бұрын

That’s good to hear!

@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire 23 күн бұрын

One of the complaints that I have with the kiddie engineers that Jeep used for the JL is that they took things that worked, changed them, and then had to add more things to fix the problems that the new things introduced... Because they decided to have the stupid A-S-S (Auto-Stop-Start) system and wanted to provide for a future "mild hybrid" design, they had to go with an electro-hydraulic power steering pump. Unfortunately, that pump is not powerful enough (pressure and flow rate is too low) to be able to run a hydraulic winch. So, instead of being able to use a MileMarker hydraulic winch that has a 100% duty cycle, you get stuck using crappy electric winches that have a 5% duty cycle. I'm not picking on HF about this -- ALL the electric winch manufacturers have ridiculously low duty cycle ratings. I used my MileMarker hydraulic winch on my XJ after a hurricane to move large trees that had blown down. The pieces of the trees were so heavy that I had to chain the rear of my XJ to another tree to keep it from getting pulled towards the downed tree. Even blocking the tires with logs didn't help -- I just got pulled over the logs. That winch was pulling pretty much non-stop for the entire day. *That* experience sold me on hydraulic winches. The only advantages of electric winches is that they are easier to install and they cost less.

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 22 күн бұрын

Sounds like hydraulic winch is the way to go. Especially if you’re going to be using it on a regular basis. For me, I’ve been fortunate enough to only have needed one less than a handful of times. And had this one not been as affordable as it was, I probably would still not have one.

@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire 21 күн бұрын

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy -- The only (slight) advantage that an electric winch has (other than cost) is that if the vehicle is not running, you might be able to still pull your vehicle a few feet just on battery power. I've never been in that situation,but I've definitely been in situations where I would have exceeded the duty cycle on an electric winch.

@chadjohnson8622 2 ай бұрын

That would be 43 5/8 fyi

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@seanseoltoir 24 күн бұрын

Surprisingly, a good deal of the Jeep JL's body is not magnetic...

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 23 күн бұрын

Yeah, a lot of the JL’s body is made of aluminum. Although, on the 392, the hood is made of steel, unlike non 392s, I believe in order to accommodate the weight of the hydroguide features.

@seanseoltoir 23 күн бұрын

@@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy -- I was wanting to use a magnetic mount for something on my JL at some point and was using some pretty hefty magnets. I put one up to the windshield frame and no luck... Then tried various other places because I was a bit curious at that point and all of them were non-magnetic also... I didn't investigate whether the pieces were aluminum or a non-magnetic alloy of stainless steel... If I remember correctly, the rear quarter panel was magnetic though... I found that a bit odd...

@TheNotSoOrdinaryCarGuy 23 күн бұрын

@@seanseoltoir Interesting. If you don't mind me asking, what was it that your trying to mount that used magnets? I do believe the tailgate uses a mixture of magnesium and aluminum or something like that.