This truck was the workhorse of the Military. Take it from an old soldier. The M35 Deuce was a beast!! US Army SFC Retired Iraq Vet

Hi. I just found your channel, like it a lot, and sorry for the late comments. A few things about use of the winch coming from a retired MD who grew up on a farm, with extensive experience with both light duty and heavy equipment. 1. Absolutely wear heavy leather gloves when using the winch, as the cable will fray after the first real use and a thousand little steel wires will SHRED your hands. (Previously mentioned by another viewer) 2. Safety Glasses. Stuff flies when things move. 3. Get a heavy duty snatch block, along with a tree protecting strap for attaching the snatch block to the tree. (Snatch Block = Heavy Duty Pulley). Running your cable through the snatch block and back to your truck DOUBLES the weight limit of your winch cable and reduces by half the work that the winch has to do in pulling your truck out of the muck or in pulling whatever you are moving with the winch. Winches break and parts will not be readily available in the event of a shtf situation, so by all means, do not stress your gear that your life might depend on. 4. I'm not certain about your winch, but most use the lower cable retrieval gear for actual winching activity. This is a much lower gear ratio which gives the winch much greater power, and will also minimize the chance of wrecking both your winch and your transmission/PTO mechanism. The high speed gear is typically used when respooling the cable back onto the winch under no load. You will truly be amazed at what can be moved by your winch when using both a snatch block and a low gear ratio. A 5 ton winch becomes a 10 ton winch! 5. Lastly, if you are trying to move something besides your truck, backing your truck up to a large tree or other stationary object and anchoring your truck to the tree with a heavy duty strap will prevent the truck from sliding across the ground and ensure that the object needing to be moved will move. Plus, you won't burn up either your tires or your breaks in trying to keep the deuce in place. 6. One other thing about the snatch block. You can use it to move your vehicle around trees or other objects when stuck in a densely wooded area. Attach the snatch block to a tree in line with the direction that you need to travel. After running the cable through the pulley, you then can attach the cable to a more distant tree in line with the direction that you ultimately need to go after making the turn, with your vehicle now unstuck, but still needing help to climb a wet slippery hill. (This is a three point winch set rather than a two point). Wish I could draw a diagram here but hopefully I've explained it well enough. Thanks for a great video!

Every time I come back to your channel and watch another video about your deuce and a half it makes me want one more and more! Great job, bud. Keep it up!

Thanks for another good, informative video. Always wondered why ALL the trucks didn't have a winch.

Hi. Thank you for the video. We actually looked the vinch and didn't know how to operate it properly.

Learning a lot from your videos and enjoying them, have progressed from a 42 GPW to a deuce n a half here in Ireland. Have experience of big trucks but the deuce seems to have some "quirky" differences that truck people here don't grasp. Alfie

watched 5 times in a row to figure out how to use my winch. Thanks Deuce!

Great job Buddy, I recently purchased one and I'm learning operations thanks to you !!! Subscribed!!

Love the deuce videos

Clear and concise. Thank you.

The M35A3 uses the same Garwood Winch, they just replaced the PTO shaft with hydraulic motor driven by a PTO pump. The winch on a A3 is able to be operated inside the cab and outside the cab.

Fantastic video, keep it up. I just got my first deuce and was looking for information on operation of the winch. There are a few videos on this subject but none this complete.

Make sure you have spare shearpins for the winch , back when I drove them in Army people would use low grade bolt and not the correct pins. When using the winch is another time to use throttle control. 2 of them I was the operator for had a winch. dang fine vehicles.

G'day BC,.... When you do your next winch Vid how about including 'winch cable care'? I use my old engine oil to lube/protect my winch cable from rust and corrosion as I go through the occasional water crossing in my 4x4 when out hunting/camping. So just a thought. Aussie.

Nicely made video. Well done.

Awesome , Thanks for sharing the knowledge ....

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TRUE AMERICAN Living!!!..if I could mow my 4 acres with an m48,m60a2 or m1 Abrams..i would!!..Great video..suscribed!!👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Hi on the winch is the same speed as 1st gear in high range. Low speed on the winch is the same speed as 1st gear in low range.

we like the deuce videos and find them very helpful

great video,,,,thanks

Gloves brother, those winch cables will cut the crap out of your hand,

I have been thinking about buying a duce & 1/2 for about a week now. I just watched your entire video series on the subject. Awesome videos btw! Now I've got to justify that purchase, that's a lot of coin for just a toy.

Love your vids! But remember...safety first! I would probably be wearing at least some medium gloves before grabbing that winch cable. Digging out spurs from your hand isn't a pleasant experience.

Will do you more videos in depth on the winch?

Customsouthernarms it's not as expensive as you might think. It depends on the shape and the features you are looking for. It depends on your need. If you didn't have the cash on hand you can easily get one of these and pay less than 100/month! Not that expensive when you think of what used cars go for its a drop in the bucket.

I trained my men in the art of using a winch on a Deuce or a 5 ton almost 50 years ago. I would bury a Deuce in a swamp -floorboard deep where it gets a really good suction. Then I would run the winch. Heaps of fun!

Great videos but always throw an old blanket or jacket over the cable.

Please explain if to use the PTO winch you have to shift the transfer case in neutral and if then you have to also keep the transmission in neutral or select a gear.

I just installed my winch on my M35a2 I want to service it is there an oil or grease I use and where do I add fluids and when do I know it's full can you help thanks

I have a question. If you were dragging something to the truck, could you have the PTO engaged and turning and do all the engaging and de-clutching of the winch directly at the bumper?

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I have 2 winch trucks and both of them don't shift nearly as nice as your PTO does do you have any suggestions

It comes down to the hidden In/Out safety hinge.

I have a MUCH better understanding of PTO winch operation now but one question remains. Can the truck's drivetrain be engaged to help while winching or does this system strictly engage the drivetrain OR the winch but never both ?

Is there a way to "Launch" the winch hook like a Harpoon Gun?😎

Always hook with point up ( -u ) as it will fly down if hook breaks. Supposedly draping a chain over wire rope will prevent it from flailing back at you (Never used that technique any time I broke a cable so don't know for sure. Also if using wire rope clips on cable end for hook attachment, saddle part goes on the "live end" of the cable and the u bolt part on the "dead end". This can be remembered by the saying "Never saddle a dead horse"

Maybe add a flat blade anchor for mud or sand if no trees around... Thank you for the great video ! tjl

Bc how would you unjam a winch that has been overwound?

i think every prepper out there needs a duece and a half in thier SHTF bug out kit...

Great vid! It would be neat if you could shift thru the winch gears like you do with the transmission. Haha. It would have been neat to see the tree get pulled over. Lol. How thick was the base of the trunk?

can you unlock the freespool lever under a load? im gonna use one for a logging tractor and in trying to figure out if itll work. im thinking if i winch the logs up too high off the ground i could put the tractor pto in gear and winch up another few inches and push down on the lever at the same time to be able to unlock it (ill modify the lever to where itll be in a safer place)

I was wondering if you had any idea what the rpm's on the output shaft in the two gears are. Ever see anyone power a generator from the front output of the pto? A generator I saw said it wanted 540 rpm and I'm guessing that shaft is spinning slower in low but maybe close in high? Thanks!

What's the pull rating on the winch. Could you pull a tractor trailer out of a snow drift.

I will never use the outside clutch level ever againg. My truck was runing/ON and I had the winch level inside the cab on neutral. I accidentally pushed the outside level to the IN position and the winch started to roll in the cable, almost making the front tire of the truck roll over me to almost kill me. I got safe by a pile of cinder blocks the truck got stuck on. Minor cuts, bit of blood. But I'm alive. So, I recommend, working the winch while the truck is Shut OFF/Engine not running, and after you figure EVERYTHING out of what needs to be done, then, moved to the inside cab of the truck, Start the truck and work everything from the inside. My two cents.

Does it matter what position the external selector is in, when you where changing the rev, hi and low positions in the cab?

Hay BC. I need to change the coolent on my duce. Can I use regular antifreeze? Paul

What is the diameter of the winch cable mostly used on a duce ???

Hey bc I just went from a five ton to the deuce and a half could you make a video on the which I’m going to add one on to mine would like to know more thanks Justin Dennis

do you need a cdl for a m35a2 or any type of small bus such as a school bus?

Can you try and pull down a tree you don't want solely with the winch and not the deuce? E.g. put the truck in neutral with the parking brake and then bring the winch in and see if it will pull down a decent sized tree.

Where are the other winch vids?

When filling up the deuce do you still have to wait to let everything warm up even if it's only been turned off for a few minutes?

my free spin lever is stuck and wont pull out

I would say that you should have put some weight on the cable in the event of a cable snap but in your case I wouldn't have worried about it.

When I engage my PTO winch it makes a clunking loud sound. Is that normal?

Having run a few PTO driven winches in my time - make very, very, very sure the PTO is not engaged while you're driving the truck. I've heard the horror stories about the end result. It ain't pretty.

Hi! What diameter and how long is the cable of the winch? Great video.

make more winch vids

how many lbs can it pull?

What is the pull rating on these winches?

where did you purchase this truck?

WARE GLOVES!!

How much did you pay for the deuce

That tree was nothing compared to this truck lol

DO NOT GRAB THAT STEAL LINE NAKID HAND!!! GLOVES!!!