**Protect Your Winch Investment**
Choosing our tool will prevent damage to your winch over time. Our product includes a lifetime breakage warranty; since 2015, we've had no warranty claims, reflecting our commitment to quality.
Our product is widely trusted by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), USA Fish and Wildlife Services, dealerships, and recreational factories across the USA.
Why would you buy a Different Tool That Will Cause Damage To Your Winch Overtime?
This product offers a lifetime warranty, which we have not had since 2015 (Fact). ICNUTS Only makes Quality Tools Built to Last here in Minnesota, USA.
**What’s Included?**
The Side Axle Tool Kit contains two winch adapters, three snap rings, a tool socket, and an industrial drill adapter. The ICNUT is made here in Minnesota by a small family-owned company and is of excellent quality and strength. Also included is a 7/16 hex industrial drill-to-socket adapter of exceptional quality and strength for use with a 1/2 cordless drill 18v 20v no impacts, and the tool kit also includes a 1/2 tool socket with a lifetime warranty—currently DeWalt Sockets. The ICnuts winch adapters carry a lifetime breakage warranty, ensuring that your investment is protected for the long term.
** We offer Fast and Reliable Shipping**
This product ships fast to your door through priority mail with tracking. If you Have a PO Box, please remember to Provide it.
Please review the winch photos below to ensure you have the proper winch before ordering. As you can see below, the winches have removable quick-release handles with two drive shafts, high and low gear. Also, you will see no nut holding the winch handle to the winch. If you have a nut holding your winch handle from the factory, you most likely have a high-gear winch, only a different winch altogether, which is incompatible. You will need the updated two-speed winch we sell so you have the low gear to work in combination with your cordless drill in low gear together for lifting.
This product protects the end of the winch shaft from getting damaged. Other all-in-one winch bits on the market have caused damage to the winch shafts and vibration through the winch because of improper machining, creating a wobble and loose fitment, which have caused handles to fall off on the highway. Also, all of these other tools are too shallow in the socket end, which puts inward pressure on the winch shaft drive shaft retainers, which can cause the winch shaft retainer to bend and fly out, drop your ice house, and damage winch components. We use an accurate self-centering system to reduce vibration in the winch. Our heavy-duty drill adapter is meant to fit correctly in your 1/2-inch drill chuck better than other Chinese tools on eBay, Amazon, or Etsy. These platforms advertise these big promises, but with more research, most of these tools are improperly machined in China. Other tools weld a stem into their bit; the heat makes the tool wobble in your drill, and some loose-fitting Chinese bits are made from soft metal. We make our winch Adapter in Minnesota, USA, And stand behind it. If it ever cracks from use, we will warranty it, which has never happened since we started in 2015; however, we do not cover rust issues or wear after 5 years from proof of purchase. This road chemical eventually destroys anything in its path. We have many customers who are using their original winch adapter set. Since 2015, we have added as much zinc as possible to prevent rust. Also, most people know that a grade 8 bolt is the strongest metal for bolts. Guess what? We use grade 50 steel, the same metal they use on military plating on military equipment. We know this because we cut the material in our shop and cut military plating on a different contract in the machine shop where we built and manufactured ICNUTS to last. We started this because our family is a group of die-hard anglers, and we were also raised as auto mechanics. And expect quality tools that work and last. Most professionals in the auto industry buy and use well-known tools like Snap-On and rely on their tools daily for extreme use. We put time into this and tested it for almost 3 years before putting it on the market so that you can enjoy a quality, dependable tool. If it did not work, we would not use it in our family period or sell it to the next person. Our customers are family, and we would love to earn your trust and become satisfied. ICNUTS Customer, we will always stand behind anything we sell. We are an honest working family. We know that you go camping and fishing and your weekends are valuable time, just like our family. That is why we work hard to only stock and sell the best products through our website and offer the highest customer service we can every time. We appreciate your business and your trust in us. We are here to serve you; if we can't, we will recommend another family-owned company to help you.
The ICNUTS Side Axle tool kit is designed to use heavy-duty winches on a wide range of fish house models, including 8x16 or larger 2014-1/2 year split in 2014 so 2015 and newer Ice Castle Yetti, Glacier, Polar Crib, Team Lodge, Nordic Lodge, Fish Houses, and Home-Built or all Forest River model Ice Shacks. You can add our winches on most 6.5-foot model fish houses. Examples include 6.5 x 8, 6.5 x 12, 6.5 x 14, and 6.5 x 16 because the winch has the same bolt mounting pattern as your old existing winch bolt holes. We have complete winch and tool kits, usually on sale at the bottom of our homepage if you do not have the correct winch. Our winches fit 6.5ft models up to 24 ft tandem axle fish houses. They offer custom handles, custom gear ratios, 2-speed transmission, 2-way ratchet brake cog, added zinc to prevent rust, are American-made, and have a 5-year warranty on the winch and Lifetime warranty on ICNUTS winch adapters for breakage.
The ICNUTS Side Axle kit includes everything you need to convert your hand crank winch system to an electric winch using a 1/2 18v 20 v cordless drill. This system outlasts ATV-style winches, which fail due to moisture entering the electric motor, causing corrosion and making the winch unreliable. The system works; it's easy. Have you ever seen all the failures of hydraulic fish house trailers in the cold, and how expensive are they for a hydraulic house? It's expensive. Many women, Anglers, and Men can easily use the ICNUTS system with a good, dry, dependable cordless drill. Manny Resorts uses this system also.
To use, remove the stock quick-release winch handles and install the ICNUTS winch adapters with snap rings to the low gear on the winches. These would be the upper shafts on your house's side winches, also installed on the same shaft on the front hitch of your trailer. Put your 18-volt or 20-volt Drill in low gear and let your drill do the work. This combination of the drill in low gear and the use of low gear on the winch is a perfect match for lifting. Please do not use impacts or hammer gear on your drill. It will damage the winch, not our tools.
**Ensure Compatibility**
Before ordering, check the winch photos below to confirm compatibility. Look for a removable quick-release handle. If your winch has a nut holding the handle, you'll need our updated winches.
**Easy Installation**
1. Installing the winch adapter onto the low-speed shaft is a straightforward process that anyone can easily do.
2. Always use the high-speed winch shaft with the handle to lower the fish house.
3. Remove the handle to use a drill for lifting.
**Usage Tips**
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or encounter any issues. We have years of experience and would be happy to help you. The ICNUTS tool comes with a lifetime breakage warranty to the original purchaser, reflecting our confidence in the product's quality and durability. We are always here for our customers, whether you prefer to call, text, or email. You can save proof of purchase; however, we always have it on file with two operating systems.
Again, What’s Included? What's the warranty below
The Side Axle Tool Kit contains two grade 50 zinc-plated steel winch adapters called ICNUTS. The zinc is to prevent rust and has three snap rings. We sent a third snap ring in case you need it in the package. The ICNUTS winch adapter "nut" has a lifetime breakage warranty and is made in Minnesota, USA. The 7/16 hex industrial drill-to-socket adapter carries a one-year, 12-month warranty from the time of purchase. It is of very high quality, very heavy-duty steel. Since 2015, we have had no issues with this drill adapter. It is overkill in strength for this usage and excellent quality. The socket currently has a lifetime warranty from DeWalt. All these components ensure that your investment is protected for the long term. All these quality tools will provide years of service.
If you want to beat the cold or are a die-hard angler and run and gun constantly on the move, you can do so with this system. This also works great in the summer to beat the heat, loading to leave to go camping, or packing up in the heat not to sweat.
We look forward to working with you and appreciate you taking the time to review this information. We also understand your business. Thank you for shopping with us. We are excited to serve you.
We do not ship this item outside the USA from this website or location; however, other dealers may.
Read all winch safety instructions included with the product before use. Keep away from children, as this is not a toy.
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