Re: issues with jamming/tangling with electric ancor winches
Re: issues with jamming/tangling with electric ancor winches
I have run a Minn Kota deck hand for 2-3 years and I can think of maybe once the rope jumped the spool and that was kinda my fault becuase I unloaded it and was just running line in so I would say it is a none issue.
If you do get one just watch stopping it suddenly with the weight of the anchor on it or revesring suddenly, as a safety thing to protect the motor they use a nylon drive gear and it will strip, they are super cheap and take 5-10 minutes to replace.
I was wiring in a dash switch and was running it up and down alot and reversing with the full anchor weigh so that is what stripped the gear, it wasn't normal use and I would highly reccomend them, no issues.
Oh and if you get one get a breaker on it, it comes with an inline fuse and once it is blow it is blown, you can also get a breaker type fuse for them that resets.