I want to run power to the rear bumper of my truck for anything more than that 400 watt 120V outlet in the bed. Specifically, 12V power for a trailer mounted winch, or a bumper mounted 12V hoist motor. I've found one company that makes DIY kits for trailer winches:
Anybody ever order from these guys? Is their stuff as high quality as they claim? I'm thinking their 7-piece dump trailer wiring kit, and adding their 300 amp breaker, might give me the adaptability for both options. It uses 2 AWG wire to run the kit. Is this going to be big enough for going from the batteries to the rear of my truck?? They do offer kits with bigger wire, even 0 AWG.
My truck has two batteries. Does it make a difference which battery I would use? Never had two batteries in a truck before. I just don't want to worry about maintaining a battery mounted in the trailer for a winch I may use only a few times a year. Previously, I've just hitched the front bumper of my jeep to the trailer and pulled stuff into the trailer using the jeep winch. My truck doesn't have a winch, and I really don't want to do that dance if I don't have to.
My truck has the factory 5th wheel kit and the usual travel trailer connections on the rear bumper, so the quick connect fitting would need to be on the left side of the license plate under the trailer camera plug. Seems more practical than putting it in the bed wall next to the 5th wheel connections. But, any recommendations from those of you who have already done something like this would be appreciated.
Anybody ever order from these guys? Is their stuff as high quality as they claim? I'm thinking their 7-piece dump trailer wiring kit, and adding their 300 amp breaker, might give me the adaptability for both options. It uses 2 AWG wire to run the kit. Is this going to be big enough for going from the batteries to the rear of my truck?? They do offer kits with bigger wire, even 0 AWG.
My truck has two batteries. Does it make a difference which battery I would use? Never had two batteries in a truck before. I just don't want to worry about maintaining a battery mounted in the trailer for a winch I may use only a few times a year. Previously, I've just hitched the front bumper of my jeep to the trailer and pulled stuff into the trailer using the jeep winch. My truck doesn't have a winch, and I really don't want to do that dance if I don't have to.
My truck has the factory 5th wheel kit and the usual travel trailer connections on the rear bumper, so the quick connect fitting would need to be on the left side of the license plate under the trailer camera plug. Seems more practical than putting it in the bed wall next to the 5th wheel connections. But, any recommendations from those of you who have already done something like this would be appreciated.
