Review on ORCISH 12V 13000-lb Load Capacity Electric Truck Winch Kit 🚚 with Synthetic Rope - Waterproof Off Road Winch for Jeep, Truck, SUV by James Yarbrough

Where to begin? This winch looks substantial enough, but the wiring is woefully under size with random length for the current this motor is capable of producing. I ordered some 2awg copper to replace the 10awg(?) wire that's included. According to the instructions, this winch is drawing 175A at a full 3500lb pull. No inline fuse or circuit breaker for battery hot wire included, so I ordered a 100A re-settable circuit breaker. The solenoid/remote module/handlebar switch is a wiring mess. It looks as if a 5-year old was asked to design this tangle. My previous winch had all this wiring contained in a single 2 inch x 3 inch x 3 inch sealed weather tight box with no lugs or terminals showing. The four main wires had plenty of length for the job. Not so here. I'm going to have to put this jumble in a project box to protect it from the elements, dirt, rocks, and stray sticks. The handlebar switch seems to be a puzzler in itself. Three wires (black, blue, red) travel from the solenoid to the switch, but it's like they forgot to put the red wire in the loom with the others, so they cut a slice in the loom and pulled the red wire (see photo) from the switch and routed it on the outside of the loom. This project is going to be an adventure, but at least they included a pair of smelly gloves as a bonus.