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Sherpa 4x4 Electric Boat Trailer Winch

Current Price $1,499.00
Original Price $1,649.00
(inc GST)
SKU SBTW10000

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Description

Finally a high quality and powerful trailer winch has been designed and built with the purpose task of winching boats and vehicles onto trailers. Not only are these winches fast and strong, but they also come with some exciting features which set them apart from anything else on the market.

  • Available in 12 or 24 Volt
  • Genuine Albright solenoid electrics
  • 10m of webbing suits boats and vehicles of all sizes
  • Electronic brake design ensures positive engagement
  • IP68 Rated

Sherpa Winches

Grunter Electric Boat Trailer Winch
  • High speed for faster recoveries
  • 316 stainless steel fittings, cross members and drum 
  • Albright heavy duty solenoid as standard
  • Waterproof hoist style hand remote control with optional wireless kit.
  • Quality Sherpa 4x4 construction and components

About the Winch

This winch has been custom designed and built essentially for one operation, winching boats onto trailers. For years the world has been putting up with cheap and nasty Chinese winches which probably work for a small tinny, however quickly fail if your boat is a decent size and weight. Any half decent winches out there on the market are slow and just don't deliver value for money.

Sherpa 4x4 have used their extensive knowledge of the winch and hoisting industry to build a task specific boat trailer winch. This winch is different to anything else on the market and will outperform the competition. Designed to rival the homemade winches you sometimes see professional fisherman using with starter motors and large flywheels, the Sherpa winch delivers similar high performance from a compact, safe and low maintenance design.

  • Motor - A 6.6hp series wound heavy duty motor is used to drive the winch. Using a large oversized motor means the winch is hardly working and therefore runs cooler and as a result lasts longer. Yes for a large motor you need large cables, however this is covered and the winch is supplied with a wiring kit which allows a good power supply from your vehicles engine bay to the rear of your vehicle, through a high amperage Anderson plug and into your winch.
  • Tough & Durable - The tooling from the Sherpa 4x4 winches has been reused meaning you are getting the strength and build quality from a proven quality offroad winch in a boat trailer winch. Sherpa use aluminum winch bodies making their winches lighter and resistance to corrosion without sacrificing strength.
  • Braking Design - Sherpa winches are known for their superior brake designs with their 4x4 winches housing the brake in the gearbox. For the boat trailer winch a completely new design has been incorporated and now the brake is moved to the motor. The brake design is electric meaning the brake is released when you 'winch in' or 'winch out', however activates as soon as you release the button. This design makes for a very strong and fully controlled winch brake design and it is well suited to the operating environments of boat trailer winches.
  • Quality gearbox - A new gearbox ratio has been designed and built specifically to optimise the boat trailer winches operation. These are high quality cut gears not sintered steel like your cheap winches. The selected ratio is a good balance between speed, pulling power and balancing amperage draw.   
  • Electrics - Sherpa only use the highest quality genuine Albright solenoids across their full range of winches and this has been continued in their boat trailer winch. Customers demand reliability and performance and Albright deliver with the electrical components on this winch. Sherpa winches are IP68 rated.
  • Powerful- These winches have been designed to still achieve 3,500lb of vertical lifting capacity on their most outer layer making them suitable for hauling large heavy boats up ramps. This winch will retrieve boats weighing up to 5.5T on a 45 degree inclined ramp without having to double line pull. Now also available is a HP model which is geared lower and slower with even more power. Designed for boats weighing 4,500-9,000 kg or for people dragging big boats onto trailers without rollers.
  • Simplicity - The Sherpa boat trailer winches are supplied with everything needed to mount and wire the winch at home. Whilst we recommend the services of a auto-electrical to safely run the cables, instructions and components are supplied in the box to make installation a breeze. Generous cabling is supplied in the box to suit large 4x4's such as the 200 series Landcruiser however longer cabling can be provided on request for larger American style of trucks.
  • Warranty and Parts - 5 Year warranty. A complete range of spare parts are also available in Australia if ever required. 
Albright Winch Solenoids
Genuine Albright Solenoids

All Sherpa 4x4 winches come with genuine Albright solenoids! Incorporated into our electrics is a custom made version of the DC88P solenoid designed specifically by Albright International for the Sherpa 4x4 control boxes. With 70 years experienced in contactor design, these are by far the best winch solenoids available. Capable of handling up to 800 amps, almost twice the maximum capacity of the winch. Contact plating is second to none, increasing the duty cycle over other winches. As seen in our water submersion testing videos the Albright solenoids can be run for significant time under water without moisture ingress. The cheap Chinese solenoids used in the majority of winches will fail under extreme conditions and under high amperage load.

Optional Extras:
  • 'Plug n Play' Wireless remote kits
  • Sherpa 4x4 recommends the use of a battery isolation switch on all installations. A 500A continuous rated switch suitable with Sherpa 4x4 winches can also be supplied.
  • Synthetic rope alternative to webbing strap. This option is supplied for customers to fit themselves as an alternative to the 50mm webbing. You will received 12m x 7mm rope with a MBS of 9,480 lb. A drum fixing lug is fitted to one end and a stainless steel hook the other end.
     

    Boat Trailer Winch Technical Details

    Specifications Value
    Rating

    Boat weights up to 5,500kg

    HP model - Boats 4,500 kg to 9,000 kg

    Max. Vertical Lift Capacity

    10,000lb (4,545kg)

    HP model - 17,000lb (7,200kg)

    Motor 6.6hp series wound (12V or 24V options)
    Gears Power In, Power Out and free spool
    Gear reduction ratio 3 stage planetary gearbox
    Cable

    10m of heavy duty 50mm webbing strap rated to 11,000lb

    Mounting Bolt Diameter 11.2mm
    Drum Size (Dia x Length) 64mm x 50mm
    Mounting Bolt Pattern 87mm x 114.3mm
    Weight ~25kg
    Clutch 180 degree turn, free spooling, slide ring gear
    Brake Electric in motor
    Solenoid Albright International Heavy Duty 800 amp mounted in control box
    Duty Cycle Intermittent
    Inclusions

    Includes ample electrical cable to run from engine bay to tow bar on a Toyota Landcruiser 200 series.

    Includes heavy duty plug set from vehicle to trailer

    Control Box

    Waterproof wired hand remote

    Winch and control box mounting hardware and brackets

    Water Ingress Rating IP68
    Warranty 5 Years
    Performance Data for 12V Winch
    Line Pull (Lb) Line Speed (m/min) Motor Current (A)
    0 12.5 75
    1000 8.6 125
    2,000 7.3 185
    4,000 4.7 245
    6,000 3.7 325
    8,000 2.8 375
    10,000 2.1 425

    HP Model specifications differ from above. Speeds ~half above figures and power ~double.

Customer Reviews

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Richard Keeves
Great winch, very powerful and reliable

When I got a new boat trailer, I wanted a decent winch and Peter from Bosun Marine in Dunsborough, Western Australia said "Forget all the cheap Chinese winches. They just don't last, and the last thing you want is your winch not working on the boat ramp. The boat winches from Sherpa are the best, and that's what I recommend."
"OK," I said.
Such a good decision. It's probably much more powerful than I actually need, but I know it is going to work. And it does.

My only feedback is that if the wired cable was about 3 metres longer, I would be able to hold the control unit in one hand and hold the bow of my boat in the other to get the boat lined up to go on the trailer. As it is, the cable is just not quite long enough, so I have to rest the control unit on my trailer mudguard while i grab the bow of the boat. It's not ideal, but it works ok in calm water. Would not be good in rough seas when waves are splashing the top of the trailer mudguard.

I also bought the wireless remote and that works well, so I can hold the boat and control the winch. I have had a couple of issues with the remote not working. The first one wasn't waterproof as the rubber seal had been twisted when it was fitted and salt moisture got inside the remote control and rusted it. The guys at Sherpa support were fantastic and quickly sent me a replacement unit which was very good customer service.

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Richard Nikolov
Solid build, powerful winch

Solid build, and great detail to all accompanying parts. Still to install it and test it but it looks great out of the box.

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Christop Janus
Epic Winch

This winch is fair dinkum tops! I'm in the Macuarie five times a week so I needed me a sturdy winch as the powerfully cheap power winch just kept failing not working and I literally have been manually cranking it for the last couple of months until I could save up for this gem. Worth every penny. Service, Staff, Shipping times, All Five Stars Highly recommend!

Stops J.

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Christop Janus
Epic Winch

This winch is fair dinkum tops! I'm in the Macuarie five times a week so I needed me a sturdy winch as the powerfully cheap power winch just kept failing not working and I literally have been manually cranking it for the last couple of months until I could save up for this gem. Worth every penny. Service, Staff, Shipping times, All Five Stars Highly recommend!

Stops J.

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Vladimir Sabonis
Best Boat Winch I Saw, Every!

My Title say it all, Best winch for boat EVER!

Customer Reviews

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Richard Keeves
Great winch, very powerful and reliable

When I got a new boat trailer, I wanted a decent winch and Peter from Bosun Marine in Dunsborough, Western Australia said "Forget all the cheap Chinese winches. They just don't last, and the last thing you want is your winch not working on the boat ramp. The boat winches from Sherpa are the best, and that's what I recommend."
"OK," I said.
Such a good decision. It's probably much more powerful than I actually need, but I know it is going to work. And it does.

My only feedback is that if the wired cable was about 3 metres longer, I would be able to hold the control unit in one hand and hold the bow of my boat in the other to get the boat lined up to go on the trailer. As it is, the cable is just not quite long enough, so I have to rest the control unit on my trailer mudguard while i grab the bow of the boat. It's not ideal, but it works ok in calm water. Would not be good in rough seas when waves are splashing the top of the trailer mudguard.

I also bought the wireless remote and that works well, so I can hold the boat and control the winch. I have had a couple of issues with the remote not working. The first one wasn't waterproof as the rubber seal had been twisted when it was fitted and salt moisture got inside the remote control and rusted it. The guys at Sherpa support were fantastic and quickly sent me a replacement unit which was very good customer service.

R
Richard Nikolov
Solid build, powerful winch

Solid build, and great detail to all accompanying parts. Still to install it and test it but it looks great out of the box.

C
Christop Janus
Epic Winch

This winch is fair dinkum tops! I'm in the Macuarie five times a week so I needed me a sturdy winch as the powerfully cheap power winch just kept failing not working and I literally have been manually cranking it for the last couple of months until I could save up for this gem. Worth every penny. Service, Staff, Shipping times, All Five Stars Highly recommend!

Stops J.

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Christop Janus
Epic Winch

This winch is fair dinkum tops! I'm in the Macuarie five times a week so I needed me a sturdy winch as the powerfully cheap power winch just kept failing not working and I literally have been manually cranking it for the last couple of months until I could save up for this gem. Worth every penny. Service, Staff, Shipping times, All Five Stars Highly recommend!

Stops J.

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Vladimir Sabonis
Best Boat Winch I Saw, Every!

My Title say it all, Best winch for boat EVER!