Shortening and crimping some big a## wires on a winch install

[toonces]

Putting in a SW Terra 35 and I've decided the crimp I'm looking at here isn't something I can reproduce so I need to figure out who to take this wire to get the end put back on after I get it shortened to where I need it. Never having delt with wires this big I have no idea who I could go to just locally to get this done. What kind of (electrical?) business would deal with stuff like this?

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[CJM]

This is the tool (or similar) that you need http://www.harborfreight.com/hydraulic-wire-crimping-tool-66150.html Its a hydraulic crimper. A car audio shop might be able to do it for a few bucks as well.

[toonces]

Thanks for the link. Never saw a hydraulic hand tool but seems like it would get the crimp done.

[CJM]

your welcome.

[toonces]

Any advice on how to heat this wire end so I can get some solder in there but avoid melting the plastic? I'm thinking it's gonna take a fair amount of heat to get the solder to flow through the middle part of that cable. Advice I've gotten so far is to put the end on and heat at the base of the O close to where it spans out to wrap around the wire.

[CJM]

No need to solder this sort of connection actually. Most connections of that type arent soldered at all.

[Zakradu398]

I've run big power car audio applications with 1/0 and 2/0 wire numerous times. All I ever did was use a chisel and hammer to crimp it, along with heat shrink and you're good to go.