'GRUNTER' 12V Boat Trailer Winch (Standard)

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
• IP68 Rated

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 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 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 5,500 kg 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. 

DELIVERY TIMES

All the following estimates are in business days. If you haven’t received your order within 10 days then please give us a call at 03 8401 3776 or contact us via email at sales@trekhardware.com.au with your order number in the message.

DELIVERY FEE

Your delivery cost will vary depending on the size, weight and delivery location. You can check the delivery cost once you add products to the cart.

DELIVERY ACCEPTANCE

All deliveries are registered and require a signature upon delivery. If there's no one at home, a card will be left with instructions to collect your order. Non bulky items can be delivered to the PO Box.

BULKY ITEMS:  Once the product has reached the nearest depot from the delivery address, the delivery company will contact you via the contact number you have provided at checkout to arrange a suitable time for delivery. If no one is home at the time of delivery, a second attempt will be made to deliver the item free of charge before you need to pick up the item yourself from the depot (a card will be left with the details of the depot).

SPLIT CONSIGNMENT / DELIVERIES

On occasions, an order may contain multiple items which may need to be delivered by multiple courier companies. Hence the products may arrive at different times.

SHIPPING DELAYS

There could be delays in delivery from time to time due to the following reasons:

• Public holidays
• Incorrect shipping address.
• Pandemic like situations where the supply chain is affected due to staff shortages at courier companies
• If the payment capture process is unsuccessful your order will be delayed until alternate payment arrangements can be made.
• Occasionally if a particular product is in high demand we may need to re-order the product from our suppliers.

There may be occasions when you will need to return your products. We have designed our returns policy to make this process very simple.

All goods purchased from Trek Hardware come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

We offer replacement / repair / store credit / refund if the product is faulty such as:

• Major failure of a product
• The product you received doesn’t match what was described to you
• Don’t do what they are supposed to do

You must provide us with the proof of purchase (e.g. your Trek Hardware purchase receipt, online tax invoice, credit card or bank statements). Any refund will be provided via the same method of payment as the original purchase.

CHANGE OF MIND RETURNS

Any product purchased from Trek Hardware can be returned within 14 days from the time it was received. For change of mind returns, the product:

• must be in its original condition.
• must be unused.
• must have all the tags still attached to it (if any).

Buyer has to cover the cost of return postage for all change of mind returns. The return will only get processed once Trek Hardware has received and inspected the product. The delivery fee is non-refundable for change of mind returns. For change of mind returns, Trek Hardware will not be responsible if the item gets lost in transit during the return shipping.

EXCEPTIONS:

Following items are excluded from the change of mind returns:

• Sleeping Bags.
• Special Orders.
• Workshop assembled items if Trek Hardware was given the wrong measurements.

 RETURNS BY POST

If you decide to return the product contact us at 03 8401 3776 or via email at sales@trekhardware.com.au . We will send you a return label which can be used to send the product back to us.

For change of mind returns, Trek Hardware will not be responsible if the item gets lost in transit during the return shipping. 

RETURNS IN PERSON

Products can only be returned at the store they were purchased from. 

PROOF OF PURCAHSE

All returns and exchanges require a proof of purchase (e.g. Trek Hardware receipt, credit card / bank statement)

PRODUCT WARRANTIES

All products sold by Trek Hardware have varying warranty periods. The warranty period, provisions and the company providing the warranty will be specified on or inside the product packaging.  Please refer to the product manual and warranty documents to determine the terms and conditions of any additional warranty.

Download the Warranty form here