What size winch for enclosed trailer and sandcar.

[Indian Joe]

As big as you can fit.
13.5.k welded to the frame in my enclosed
My thought was if I was stuck and if all else fails
I would open the rear door and wench the trailer and motor home backwards.
I never tried it.

 

[Rorschach]

I don't have winches in either of my trailers but the last time I had to suck my 4Runner into my enclosed we just hooked a snatch block onto my d-rings in the floor and ran the cable from a truck mounted winch through the side door.

 

[Toy Collector]

My old sand car had a receiver built in to the rear cage. I made a portable winch deal to slide in and would hook it up to my battery. Mounted a big swivel ring in the floor to hook it to.
Worked slick. 3500lb winch.View attachment 139381

Thanks for posting this! I spent a couple of hours yesterday helping my 76 year old Dad correct a loading mistake he made with his Sand Limo into his enclosed and need to get him set up with an easier way to load the car. I suggested a Harbor Freight 5500 Long Drum winch and he was wondering if it could be mounted to the Buggy, not the trailer. I said, "I don't see why not, sure one of the guys on the forum (not TDBR, of course) has done it" and here it is.

This will save a lot of headaches!