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Turn your Harbor Freight Badland ZXR 2500 winch into a portable pulling system.
The Turtle Laboratories Handheld Winch Chassis V2 provides a compact steel mounting platform for your winch, controls, battery adapter, and accessories. Designed for workshop and mobile applications, it keeps the components organized and allows you to position the winch where you need it.
Choose from a weld-it-yourself kit, a fully welded raw-steel chassis, or a powder-coated assembly. An optional quick-release mounting plate allows the chassis to be attached to a compatible fixed mounting point.
Winch Compatibility:
Designed for the Harbor Freight Badland ZXR 2500 winch.
Some customers have successfully adapted the chassis to other winch brands and models. However, Turtle Laboratories has not independently verified those installations, and compatibility is not guaranteed.
Harbor Freight has also revised certain ZXR 2500 components over time. Minor modifications may be necessary depending on your winch's configuration.
Battery Compatibility: 20v/18v lithium portable tool batteries, with your sourced battery adapter.
Important: Winch, battery, and battery adapter are sold separately.
The solenoid and remote receiver box mounts to the right side of the handle, while the battery adapter mounts off to the left. In the back, the circuit breaker housing nestles right in the middle of the cable holder for the remote. The remote simply pops into the handle, which is located directly over the center of gravity of the entire rig. This allows for hand held use, or remote use, if a load is beyond a level of comfort.
We are offering these in assembled, and a weld-it-yourself setup. All pieces are CNC cut from steel, the main components being 3/16" thick.
We do not include a battery adapter, since there are so many batteries on the market. We include a blank battery mounting plate so that you can drill holes for your required adapter. Many adapters are available online for the many batteries on the market.
Included:
- Fasteners that are required to build, above and beyond what is already included in the box with the ZXR 2500 winch
Optional Quick Release Plate:
This 3/16" thick plate can be bolted or welded to tube steel, or a flat surface, to quickly slide the winch chassis in and out as needed. You can purchase this separately, HERE.
Disclaimer:
We do our best to make our winch chassis compatible with all Harbor Freight ZXR 2500 winch kits. Through our journey of making these, Harbor Freight has made a number of revisions or different models/versions of some of the parts, specifically the circuit breaker enclosure, and the winch remote. If a part has changed before we find out, the chassis may need to be slightly modified to work. For example, the circuit breaker enclosure may have holes in different locations, and two new holes may need to be drilled in order to mount. As of 3/20/26, all remotes have been confirmed to fit our newest revised design.
Weld it Yourself Instructions:
Assembly Instructions:
This tool is to be used with extreme caution. It can create extreme forces and could lead to extreme damage, or death, if used improperly. Please make sure to read through the entire Harbor Freight provided manual for the Badlands ZXR 2500 winch.
