kind of a cool little portable winch! might be a awesome thing to have as a spare!

Just bought one today to winch my sisters car into the trailer and for my welding business. Can’t wait to use it, should be handy and quicker than a come along or chain hoist.

Thank you for the idea of using a pulley, which could double the pulling power. 👍

There's also a drill powered version. If you don't use them much, and when you do, it might be in some random place, it's a great option.

Another advantage of a snatch block is that peeling more line off the winch drum actually increases the power of the winch by reducing the diameter of line on the spool.

I'm searching for one of these to pull my squaredrop from the street, up my driveway into my garage.

You should get a heavy duty scale and attach it to the winch clevis then on the free clevis on the other end of the scale attach the load line. This will be an accurate way to tell how much tensile stress in pounds is being applied to the winch to ensure you aren’t rendering any undo wear and tear on your equipment.

Your ford 120v inverter Most likely is only rated for 400w. So it will over heat itself and the winch.

1:14 important information. very short running time. high risk of overheating.

Is there a mod to run it remotely, without holding down the trigger on it?

Using 1 pully is only a change of direction. Gives no mechanical advantage. You need more pullys. Search rope mechanical advantages .