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Master Lock 2953AT 12-Volt DC Portable Winch
Features: | 12-volt portable winch with remote and hand crank | | | Attaches to ball mount or a flat surface with plate | | | Capacities: 2000-pound pulling, 5000-pound marine, 6,000-pound rolling | | | Includes power battery cables, remote, back-up hand crank and safety hook | | | Convenient built-in carrying handle; 1-year warranty |
Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Product Description
No need to buy a winch for each vehicle or trailer, this portable DC-powered unit mounts to any hitch or flat surface to haul in that boat, vehicle, trailer, and more! The winch can be temporary or permanently mounted to either a ball-mount hitch or a flat surface. A parallel-shaft gear ensures efficient power for rolling wheeled trailers and vehicles up to 6,000 pounds, pulling things up to 5,000 pounds through water, or dragging items up to 2,000 pounds. The winch shuts down automatically if overloaded. And, a toggle remote control lets you control the action from a distance. The winch is equipped with a 20-foot cable that reaches easily from the front of any truck back to a standard trailer--a nice feature for towing the boat in snug up against the trailer. --Brian D. Olson
Customer Reviews:
Review #1: Great portable winch.
2009-09-14 
Let's not get carried away. This is not a big winch like the ones you see fastened to the bumpers of monster 4-wheelers. It is much simpler than that. And for what it is designed to do it works very well. For infrequent light duty winching this is the perfect tool.
It has a built in handle for carrying, detachable power and control cords, and enough cable to get you within 25 feet or so of whatever you are winching. It has a 2000 lb rating, and will pull that much easily. Not quickly, but easily. It has a manual crank that can be attached to the shaft. It also has a very handy mounting plate designed to slip over the ball on a ball-hitch.
The clutch is manual, and drag is set by means of a threaded knob on the shaft. It is very simple to use. Simply connect the power and control cables, loosen the clutch, pull the cable to whatever you need to pull and hook it up. Then tighten the clutch and press the button on the control handle and start winching. Be patient. There is only one speed and it is slow. But it works.
I have tested the winch by hanging it from a beam and picking up the front of a truck with no problem. Then we really put it to the test by using it to pull our garden tractor out of the mud. It was a long pull so we needed to add a tug strap but it was easy enough to hook up. The pull was painless. The winch is slow because it gets it's power through gearing. It is quite a drain on a car battery, so it helps to leave your engine running while you pull.
Not something you would want to use every day but very handy to have around. For my money this is a 5-star tool. Great for the boat owner or for use around the farm.
Review #2: Master Lock 2953at
2009-09-08 
Not good for my use... to pull a small sailboat out of the water onto a beach.
The 30 feet of cable was just what I needed but retreval was way............. too slow. Were talking 5 minutes to go 10 feet. Did I mention noise. Loud.
So it may work well for a very short distance (3 feet) but if you need it done today look for something more expensive. The quality of the unit was good.
Review #3: First Time User
2009-09-05
I bought this winch to pull tree tops closer to a logging road to cut firewood. With all the rain we've had my full size pickup became stuck in the mud. I hooked this winch up for the first time and it pulled that truck out of the mud. I have since used it for its original purpose and have pulled tree tops out (against manufacturers reconmendation - 80 feet from the road) for firewood. Works great for less than $100.
Review #4: expected a bit more
2009-08-06 
the most frustrating thing is the speed; it is ultra slow, ULTRA...it also kept coming off of it's mounting bracket as there is a lot of wiggle room when placed over the mounting studs...it would seem you really need to make further arrangements in bolting this to it's mounting plate, a lunch pin for example.
i mounted it on the tractor and went to haul up some logs. the cable run is about 30feet; sounds like a lot until getting down in a ravine and seeing just how short that is...i attached an added chain, but still there was only a 30foot run at a time before having to go back down and make new attachments.
i do belive the pulling data is very accurate, i tried to pull my 2500 pound tractor on a 5% grade. it did it BUT i could have retired in the process...ULTRA slow.
there may be times when very slow is good as in tightening fence lines, pulling in a boat....but most of what i do around the farm speed is more important to me...if i were to guess i would say it winches in at about 6inches a minute. they say not to run the motor more than 8-12 minutes...so, gee that figures out to be a whopping 6feet in 12 minutes....
the setup seems solid except the plastic housing which if rather flimsy, as evidenced when it fell off the mounting plate...maybe a fall of 1 1/2 foot...the housing got big deep scrathes and seperated at the seam. they mention it is not waterproof, well you can surely believe that.
i will keep it as for the price it will have some uses, like fence pulling, lifting the motorcycle from a rafter/pulley to change tires etc...but for log pulling, moving something up to the flatbed well there are faster ways.
Review #5: Does its job
2009-04-27
Works like a charm (wished it has a reverse function) and easily pulls my motorcycle onto the bed. The only think I wish it had some more mounting options to make it removable from a piece of plywood, but other than that it works great and so far so good! |
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