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Rancher Newbie - Permision to come aboard?

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Hello everyone , just bought a 2009 Rancher ES with power steering brand new , i think i may of over paid for it tho because i had nearly $8,000 in it counting the Warn 2500# winch and 48" snow plow

So anyway i put the winch on today and what i did was use a posi-tap and tapped into ING wire under the fuse box , it was the far back left hand wire , thats only hot when the key is on , works great just wanted to make sure that was ok?

also how does the winch know when to stop ? will it just try to pull the hook into its self and break something?

Another Q for ya...

do you have to get the box if you get the HMF pipe or can you just get the pipe ?

been riding quads all my life , grew up on a 125M 3 wheeler and dad had to bring home 5 gallons of gas every day all summer for years .
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1 more question for you guys,

my front decal says Rancher ES and Power Steering under it
my rear decal says Rancher ES and Fuel Injection under it

Should the quad be called an EPS ?
ES stands for electric shift. EPS stands for electric power steering. So you have a Rancher 420ES with EPS.

If yours is 4wd, when you are looking up parts, the correct name for yours will be Rancher TRX420FPE.

TRX = Fourtrax

F = Four wheel drive

P = Power steering

E = Electric shift

Honda can be confusing with all their different letters.
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So anyway i put the winch on today and what i did was use a posi-tap and tapped into ING wire under the fuse box , it was the far back left hand wire , thats only hot when the key is on , works great just wanted to make sure that was ok?
It would be best to hook it to a keyed accessory wire, but I'm not familiar with the wiring on the 420 Rancher and I don't have a wiring diagram. I know Honda offers an accessory plug as an option, so there's probably already a wire somewhere for it to plug into. If you can find it, that would probably be the best place to hook it.

also how does the winch know when to stop ? will it just try to pull the hook into its self and break something?
It should have an "in and "out" button. When you release the buttons, it will stop.
So anyway i put the winch on today and what i did was use a posi-tap and tapped into ING wire under the fuse box , it was the far back left hand wire , thats only hot when the key is on , works great just wanted to make sure that was ok?
It would be best to hook it to a keyed accessory wire, but I'm not familiar with the wiring on the 420 Rancher and I don't have a wiring diagram. I know Honda offers an accessory plug as an option, so there's probably already a wire somewhere for it to plug into. If you can find it, that would probably be the best place to hook it.

also how does the winch know when to stop ? will it just try to pull the hook into its self and break something?
It should have an "in and "out" button. When you release the buttons, it will stop.
yeah i know to stop pushing in to make it stop but when im plowing snow with it i would like to know when its all the way up instead for breaking something
Oh, I misunderstood you. I've never used a snow plow, I never get much snow here, but I would say it would just keep pulling unless the plow has some kind of setup to cut it off at a certain point but I doubt it. I'm sure we have a lot of people on here that plows, so they will be able to tell you for sure.
is a Warn RT25 is that a good one?
Yes, Warn is a great winch. BTW, I really like the white plastic, looks great.
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