Thanks for the video! I think I'm going to do the same thing... Rather than a toggle switch on top, I went with Warn's power interrupt kit. That way you can put an on/off switch inside the cab, where you can get to it from the driver's seat. If something goes stupid wrong with the winch while you're using it, it's nice to have the option to kill power to it from behind the wheel. Also, with a kit like that the only "hot" wire that is always live is the short cable between the battery and the interrupt's solenoid.
Thank you man I just broke my remote and I’ve been looking for a new one but this wireless one was an option but I didn’t know how at work this video definitely help
Im glad i found this video i was just telling a friend the other day i wanted to go wireless with my xrc9500 and was lookin at picking up a badlands remote system 2moro for it
Just want to add the outputs of the wire colors of the badlands plug. Yellow-green = hot, black = ground, Blue = winch IN, Brown = winch OUT. Just in case your winch is not color coded to the badlands colors
10-06-2021 To keep that pin from rusting just squirt some gear oil in there. It won't interfere with the electrical connection but it will keep it from rusting. Or cut a piece off a cotton t-shirt and put it in there to soak up condensation .
Cool. I’ve got a dirt cheap HF winch and bought dirt cheap generic remote but can’t figure out how to connect it. There is no relay as far as I can tell. 12 volts go into wired remote and when you push the button 12 v goes to one side or the other on winch motor. Anybody?
Your cable needs to be respooled just freewill the winch and pull all the cable out and under weight reel in cable a tire a kid pulling on it as it reels side to side only going to next roll after completely covering bottom 1 notch on e brake and pull towards tree,I say this only because when the cable crosses and tangels,causing flat spots and freys compromising the integrity and strength of the wire rope or cable and lastly never hook the cable hook on itself you need a strap or even chain,when the hook is on the cable it pulls on the individual strands with a chain it pulls with the whole strength you look like a man that helps people I just want you to be safe man excellent video
Yep, all valid points! And I do this normally. However, in this case the winch had recently been used and I just wanted to get the line in as quickly as possible.
Yes, I wired in a flat four to winch and controller receiver but left it on the trailer in a freezing rain, after setting it near the wood stove it worked but the flat four didn't like sub zero temps as well, so I'm keeping both components in the cab and just hook them up with alligator clips, yellow/green 12v, black ground, blue in, brown out. The box on the winch is simple too, I noticed once I took the cover off. Main positive and negative, and have hot wired the box on the winch too, just moving a hot from either side of the coil terminals for in/out. it's simpler than it sounds, hope this helped
@@matt8134 yes but I could have explained it better. Yellow/green is 12v positive, always, i guess., Black is Negative, or ground. The Blue is 12v positive just when reeling in, and the Brown is 12v positive just when reeling out. hope that works better
I would say yes. On mine 12v positive green/yellow to activate remote box, plus the black to ground. Then the blue is positive for reeling in only, and the brown is positive for reeling out only. h ope this helps shouldn't recommend this, but you can have some jumper wires and experiment with the box cover off, doubt you'll hurt anything if you arc it quick, and what worked for me is th at I quickly was lucky to observe the winch reeling in or out depending on which side of the coil I touched a positive wire to
Sweet video I own a Nissan Xterra with an an a hidden winch on a arb bumper winch cable somehow grabbed the control box and ripped it off now I have to relocate switch but will prolly do this instead. Thanks
Haha thanks for the vid. Im in the exact same situation, except i waited over a year to install the winch. 3 months after install, pin rotted thru... wth lol
Thanks for the quick reply. I have a Warn M12000 that has a 5 wire controller. I can't seem to find out if this HFT wireless controller will work. Does your controller have a 5 wire plug? I can't seem to find a picture of the plug's inside pins. Thanks for any help, Barry
Things that can tear your bumper off should not be switched by ground especially since they are not isolated from ground, and should anything short or get pinched to ground (basically anywhere on the winch, mount, bumper, etc) you'll definitely rip the bumper off, and probably start a fire. Winches generally come with circuit breakers which you install to the positive battery terminal for this exact reason.
sure, I have sold the f150 and no longer need this. I think I still have the old cover and wiring. Let me see if I can find it, and you can have it for free, just cover shipping costs. send me an email hemixx@att.net
Smittybilt winches / Great BUT / IF they break there are NO Parts. I was told today that the solenoid i need, is in on a 60-90 day back order and not taking any more orders for the part. WHAT! Yea 30' of cable on the ground and NO parts. Fortunatly after tearing the front off my Truck to get to the winch solenoids, Yes you can override the solenoinds on the back side of the solenoid, by pushing in the rod. Been nice if Smittybilt shared this info with me. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obouisly there going out of business !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking for a new winch................ Can you imagine pulling out cable to save your ass in the MUD middle of nowhere and the winch wont real in.
Cool. I’ve got a dirt cheap HF winch and bought dirt cheap generic remote but can’t figure out how to connect it. There is no relay as far as I can tell. 12 volts go into wired remote and when you push the button 12 v goes to one side or the other on winch motor. Anybody?
Thanks for posting this! Just installed this set up on my smittybuilt 9500 and it works perfectly!
Was that an XRC Gen 3?
@@shawnsmith6359 it's a 9500 not sure if it's a gen3.
Thank you. I just bought a zuki that did not come with the remote. Everywhere is on backorder. Boom did you mod and worked great. Thank you again.
Thanks for the video! I think I'm going to do the same thing...
Rather than a toggle switch on top, I went with Warn's power interrupt kit. That way you can put an on/off switch inside the cab, where you can get to it from the driver's seat. If something goes stupid wrong with the winch while you're using it, it's nice to have the option to kill power to it from behind the wheel. Also, with a kit like that the only "hot" wire that is always live is the short cable between the battery and the interrupt's solenoid.
Thank you man I just broke my remote and I’ve been looking for a new one but this wireless one was an option but I didn’t know how at work this video definitely help
Im glad i found this video i was just telling a friend the other day i wanted to go wireless with my xrc9500 and was lookin at picking up a badlands remote system 2moro for it
Just want to add the outputs of the wire colors of the badlands plug. Yellow-green = hot,
black = ground, Blue = winch IN, Brown = winch OUT. Just in case your winch is not color coded to the badlands colors
But, there are 5 pins... Is one unused?
This works even on my gen 3 winch
This is what I was looking for. Just ordered a Gen 3 XRC and was wondering if this would work. Are the wire colors the same as in this video?
Any chance you could make another video with the cap off so we can see the wiring that you did for the badlands and for the switch you installed?
This is exactly what I was looking for. This video is okay, but he should have shown the actual remote connection to the smittybilt as you stated.
10-06-2021 To keep that pin from rusting just squirt some gear oil in there. It won't interfere with the electrical connection but it will keep it from rusting. Or cut a piece off a cotton t-shirt and put it in there to soak up condensation .
Cotton is the last thing you want in there. It attracts moisture. Dielectric grease should be the only thing in there besides the remote end.
Thanks man. Great video. Gonna mod the xrc 9500 I have for wireless.
Cool. I’ve got a dirt cheap HF winch and bought dirt cheap generic remote but can’t figure out how to connect it. There is no relay as far as I can tell. 12 volts go into wired remote and when you push the button 12 v goes to one side or the other on winch motor. Anybody?
Your cable needs to be respooled just freewill the winch and pull all the cable out and under weight reel in cable a tire a kid pulling on it as it reels side to side only going to next roll after completely covering bottom 1 notch on e brake and pull towards tree,I say this only because when the cable crosses and tangels,causing flat spots and freys compromising the integrity and strength of the wire rope or cable and lastly never hook the cable hook on itself you need a strap or even chain,when the hook is on the cable it pulls on the individual strands with a chain it pulls with the whole strength you look like a man that helps people I just want you to be safe man excellent video
Yep, all valid points! And I do this normally. However, in this case the winch had recently been used and I just wanted to get the line in as quickly as possible.
Could it be possible to wire this same remote box to the internal contact to a Traveller 4500 LB. winch sold by Tractor Supply ?. Thanks
Yes, I wired in a flat four to winch and controller receiver but left it on the trailer in a freezing rain, after setting it near the wood stove it worked but the flat four didn't like sub zero temps as well, so I'm keeping both components in the cab and just hook them up with alligator clips, yellow/green 12v, black ground, blue in, brown out. The box on the winch is simple too, I noticed once I took the cover off. Main positive and negative, and have hot wired the box on the winch too, just moving a hot from either side of the coil terminals for in/out. it's simpler than it sounds, hope this helped
@@brent440 Did you do that? I bought a 4500 traveler back at Christmas and a remote without realizing that remote doesnt work with it.....
@@matt8134 yes but I could have explained it better. Yellow/green is 12v positive, always, i guess., Black is Negative, or ground. The Blue is 12v positive just when reeling in, and the Brown is 12v positive just when reeling out. hope that works better
I would say yes. On mine 12v positive green/yellow to activate remote box, plus the black to ground. Then the blue is positive for reeling in only, and the brown is positive for reeling out only. h ope this helps shouldn't recommend this, but you can have some jumper wires and experiment with the box cover off, doubt you'll hurt anything if you arc it quick, and what worked for me is th at I quickly was lucky to observe the winch reeling in or out depending on which side of the coil I touched a positive wire to
Tractor supply sells a traveler wireless remote that wires up to the traveler winch
Does anyone know if this will work with 120v harbor freight electric hoist ?
Will the corded remote still work if the harbor freight remote dies?
Anyone ? I am interested in this mod, but want a way to make sure my wired works still.
@@stanmaly4211 I wired mine in the corded still works with the wireless in case wireless craps out
Sweet video I own a Nissan Xterra with an an a hidden winch on a arb bumper winch cable somehow grabbed the control box and ripped it off now I have to relocate switch but will prolly do this instead. Thanks
Haha thanks for the vid. Im in the exact same situation, except i waited over a year to install the winch. 3 months after install, pin rotted thru... wth lol
How was the delay when you were 50' away?
minimal, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 second.
Thanks for the quick reply. I have a Warn M12000 that has a 5 wire controller. I can't seem to find out if this HFT wireless controller will work. Does your controller have a 5 wire plug? I can't seem to find a picture of the plug's inside pins. Thanks for any help, Barry
Good job, however I would have wired the dummy switch to your ground.
Always switch the positive wire. Automotive devices can pick up ground anywhere on the vehicle, but there's only one hot.
@@t4thfavor1212 injectors fire off by ground. There are plenty of circuits that fire off on ground.
Things that can tear your bumper off should not be switched by ground especially since they are not isolated from ground, and should anything short or get pinched to ground (basically anywhere on the winch, mount, bumper, etc) you'll definitely rip the bumper off, and probably start a fire. Winches generally come with circuit breakers which you install to the positive battery terminal for this exact reason.
@@t4thfavor1212 thanks for the info. All good points
Awesome video about to do this.
Any chance you wanna sell that old plastic cover?🤣🤷♂️
sure, I have sold the f150 and no longer need this. I think I still have the old cover and wiring. Let me see if I can find it, and you can have it for free, just cover shipping costs. send me an email hemixx@att.net
Smittybilt winches / Great BUT / IF they break there are NO Parts. I was told today that the solenoid i need, is in on a 60-90 day back order and not taking any more orders for the part. WHAT! Yea 30' of cable on the ground and NO parts. Fortunatly after tearing the front off my Truck to get to the winch solenoids, Yes you can override the solenoinds on the back side of the solenoid, by pushing in the rod. Been nice if Smittybilt shared this info with me. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obouisly there going out of business !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking for a new winch................
Can you imagine pulling out cable to save your ass in the MUD middle of nowhere and the winch wont real in.
Cool. I’ve got a dirt cheap HF winch and bought dirt cheap generic remote but can’t figure out how to connect it. There is no relay as far as I can tell. 12 volts go into wired remote and when you push the button 12 v goes to one side or the other on winch motor. Anybody?