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Your cart is empty.The TRAC Outdoors Deckboat 40 AutoDeploy-G3 Electric Anchor Winch allows you to automatically raise and lower your anchor with easy-to-use buttons. It has a maximum anchor capacity of 40 lb. and provides simple, smooth operation with excellent holding power. This winch features a high-efficiency, 12-volt DC, all-steel gear motor that uses less battery power than other brands. This product includes: 100-feet of 3/16-inch pre-wound braided anchor rope, separate or integrated anchor roller, circuit breaker, sealed membrane UP/DOWN switch, wireless remote, marine-grade battery wire, assembly hardware and instructions (anchor not included). Includes a limited one-year warranty.
HappyCamper
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
So far this is an awesome add to the pontoon. After understanding what this is capable of and what it is not, should enjoy for many years. I have a 16lb river anchor for a 20' pontoon that I mostly anchor in shallower water and never go boating on windy days. Auto-deploy works flawlessly and horizontal storage is fantastic. You cannot let this thing pull harder than it is designed for or you will just break it. When ready to retrieve anchor, just short pulses on the up button will easily turn your boat to line up the line and then just keep using short duration pulses to draw boat to the anchor. When line is about to be vertical, reach down and pull the line to "unstick" anchor from the muddy bottom then you can winch right up. After a short time with this winch you can hear the amount of grunt it is experiencing and that is telling you that it is about to be overworked, just stay within it's abilities and it is easy, practical and WAY better than anchoring by hand!!
John Trumbley
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2024
Installed on a Pontoon boat and worked well, just have to make sure the rope or cable is kept tight when reeling it in
Steffan M.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
Only lasted about two years for the price I’m not happy I shouldn’t have wasted my money I should’ve just bought a cheap hand line one. I will never use this brand again.(it just stopped working first the remote then the actual electric anchor stopped) ps I would not recommend this item.!
Dan G.
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
My wife and I are in our 60's and it was getting harder to pull up the anchors so we purchased two of these electric anchors, I installed one at each end of the boat and mounted the switches by the drivers seat so both can be deployed at the same time, they also come with remotes so they can be operated from any where in the boat. We are very happy with the anchors they have been on the boat and in use for over a year and have had no issues.
FLTRider
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023
Installed easily on my 20' Pontoon boat. A few things to note if you are thinking about buying this for yours. Yes, it will get tangled if you simply are not watching where your boat is in relation to the anchor. So, I give the UP button a short press to spin the boat TOWARDS the anchor. Mine is mounted on the front of the boat, so if the line goes under and behind, it will tangle if you simply retrieve the anchor in one press. So, short press to get the boat pointed towards the anchor, then hold the button. Then you have no tangles. It would be nice for them to possible design a guide for the rope that aligns it so that it can't pinch off the side of the V roller.
J
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2023
Good unit so far. Auto deploy works great. If you use auto deploy you get no tangles in rope.Directions say if using longer distance then ten feet of supplied wire then cut and replace supplied wire with size bigger 10 size wire.Why they don’t just supply 35 feet of 10 size wire and charge $20 more I don’t know.I bought two reals red/black of 30 foot 10 size wire plus new wire connectors and heat shrink. Don’t forget to use breaker/fuse from original wire on battery positive terminal.30 foot upgraded wire was just enough to wire from front of boat to rear battery on 22 foot pontoon boat. Took 3.5 hours to install.I Put a 20 pound anchor on it. So far works good.FYI SUPPLIED BATTERY IN REMOTE CONTROL CAME WEAK. Would not run unit, pausing while going up and down with remote. Saw other reviews complaining about wireless remote intermittently going up. It’s the battery In remote.Bought a new $8 name brand battery for remote and works great. Battery is a funny battery that no one has local. Order two new battery at least, one a spare. Battery is a number A27 12 volt. Also would not put over 25 pound anchor on it using a short shaft anchor. Over all very happy so far!
jay
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2023
You need a battery that can sustain enough amperage and maintain voltage. I used it on a deep cycle battery and it just doesn't have enough lamps to do a full pull up to cradle in 40 ft of water. So I'm going to rig 2 starting batteries in parallel (12v) so I can get enough amps. I don't think this can handle 24v so don't do 2 batteries in series.If you don't need a spot lock trolling motor this is a great option. It's going to make anchoring and pulling anchor in swift water by myself so much easier.Easy to mount. Comes with remote.
Rex Anderson
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2022
Camco Manufacturing are amazing! I misplaced the wireless remote and called them to see if I could buy a replacement. They wouldn't sell it to me but offered to replace it under warranty. How great is that!The product works beautifully. I paired it with a 30 lb mushroom style river anchor that slots right up into the windlass until it is horizontal. It's a beautiful thing!
George
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2022
The product appears ok, used once. My issue is with delivery. Ordered Thursday morning Amazon stated overnight delivery.8 Friday morning out for delivery. 11 got email parcel to be delivered within 3 hours. 5 pm it was back at depot. Delivered after lunch on Tuesday. I was extremely disappointed to not receive on Friday as expected!
ty
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2022
Ancre fonctionne super assez puissant
Michel Briere
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2022
Fait bien le travail.Satisfait de cet achat qui comprend aussi le contrôle à distance.Je l'ai utilisé pour une seule sortie. Je verrai si ça reste toujours aussi performant avec le temps.
Lehner Vinitha
Reviewed in Germany on March 6, 2022
Für unsere kleine boot gute Preise leistung, werde ich weiter empfehlen.
Anne
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2018
I installed the Deckboat 35 on my 21' pontoon early this summer. I use a 15 pound vinyl coated river style mushroom anchor with it. I was concerned that it might not have the power to pull it out of our mucky lake bottom, so I emailed Trac. They said not to use it to lift it out of the bottom, use the boat power to pull it free first. Boy, that negates a lot of the need for a powered anchor. So totally ignoring their advice I have been using it to retrieve the anchor from deep muck. The winch slows down as it frees the anchor from the muck, but does not stall. If it overloaded the winch it should blow the fuse, right? I love that I just push the auto anchor button once from the helm and the anchor drops to the bottom and slowly plays out line so as not to tangle it on the drum, until it magically stops with just enough scope to hold the boat. To retrieve it, you must hold the UP button until the anchor is just below the surface, reach down and swish it back and forth to knock off any remaining muck and carefully bring it up the rest of the way to the storage position. Keeping your fingers out of the way, I might add. I go rogue and don't use the safety clasp as then I couldn't drop the anchor from the helm. So far, so good. Oh and it complements nicely my key fob remote for my hydraulic boat hoist.
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