Were going to be putting a winch on the front of our trailer...<br /><br />Tossing a couple ideas around, we can get a big ole electric 12v winch, $500-1k for a good one.<br /><br />OR, Hydraulic motor, gear reduction winch. Run it off of a 12v hydraulic pump.<br /><br />I think the big tow trucks all use hydraulic winches off of PTO, what lasts longer?<br /><br />Winch would be used for either pulling a car up, or pulling logs onto the trailer.