Hi Jeff yes this is the one.. I have it now and
will see how it will work. The way it was worded it sound like
you had to free wheel it out, but it will do both free spool
and power reverse.
It is 12 volt and it does have a reverse on it. It comes
with a rocker switch but I see no reason why we could not
wire it to the switch on the tractor.The switch does have a
bracket that you could mount it as is. It has a rubber cover
over the switch to make it waterproof. The switch is powered
to activate a control box to reverse or wind it in. It comes
with a circuit breaker. I tested the terminals to the motor
casing with a ohm meter and it is not grounded to the frame.
The motor has a ground wire coming out of it so it will ground
to the battery terminal instead of grounding to the frame.
I did not hook it up for a test to see how fast it will
work yet.
I plan to use 18 volts to it instead of 32.
I plan to hook the cable to a heavy spring on the deck
bracket so it will not pull the bracket off if you run it up
too tight.
Harbor Freight had a coupon in the paper for $49. I am not
a big fan on some of their stuff. This looks nice and because
it is not working hard I thought I would try it. I know most
of their stuff is not worth carrying home
On the harbor freight sight you sent me go to the manual
down load button and you can read it and see what comes with
it to wire it. (page 14) It is 11" long with a 4 x 4 area at
the spool. The motor is 3" diameter.
I am thinking it has to be better than the motor they have
on the tractor now. Mine is shorted out.
I hope this will work for me. Dave