The wireless remote is worth $50. It's not a great winch, but should be good enough for an old lady every other Sunday

 

Nobody has done this???

Well, when I do will post a wiring schematic.

 

don't think a LOT of us here have badlands winches so??
but most other winches have in/out switches and all work fine with what the makers provide
I have a supwerwinch and have mine mounted near my left thumb so I can in/out while driving for when plowing with my hands on the grips still
I have to think all switches for winches would work here, get one from Badlands, or supwerwinch or warn, or mile marker or???
they sell replacement one's and come with all mounting hardware MOST times

 

I have 2 Badlands, 1 came with the wireless. About $45 will get you a set of relays [solenoid], switch and wires from EBAY. Even comes with the wiring diagram. I tossed everything but the winch it's self. After looking at many brand names - they all came with the same motor/winch assembly

 

I have done it using a KFI handlebar switch in addition to the wireless setup. Inside the black box is the contactor and the wireless receiver. You just need to wire your rocker switch in parallel with the wireless receiver's outputs on the contactor's coil pins using piggyback terminals.

 

i need to do this desperately. Badlands customer service was no help. not even their Techs cold help. got any pics or instructions that would help me do it?

 

Had issue last week. Quad worked well all winter. Winch worked great with my plow. When to lower my blade to take off for the winter, quad dead. Battery drained. Thinking the remote receiver must always be on and will drain the battery after awhile. Disconnected winch, charged battery, good to go. Will be adding in a kill switch to winch to avoid dead battery in the future.

If installing this winch highly suggest installing a kill switch.

 

The wireless radio is fed with a red wire that is tied to the power feed inside the contactor box. What I did was feed that red wire from an ignition feed from a relay that I added. That same ignition feed also feeds my lights that I added as well as the handle bar winch switch. That way when the key is off everything is dead.

 

I am not a fan of remote control on a Badland winch , I seen my buddy start winching in and it wouldn't stop , it kept going till the two bike were pulled together and didn't stop till we disconnected the battery cable

 

Did the contactor stick or did the radio remote keep activating it?

 

Go to Amazon and pick out an atv winch switch. About $10 - $20. Done. Boom.