winch help needed

ive got a rear winch to put on and was wondering if theres a way I could switch the wiring from the front winch to work on the rear as well with a switch to switch between front and rear

could I switch the main two wires that go down to the winch with a marine two battery switch?

Why not do it right the first time and fit an Albright (style) solenoid?

Just use 2 3 poll flick switches to activate the solenoids front and rear other wise you will have lots of wire to loose current in also are you running to batteries

not running two batterys yet but will be soon ive got a long list of things to do i am going to get solenoids for the rear as well but wanted to get the winch on now i did think about the lenth of wire to lose current in was just going to give it a try just wanted the rear winch as a back up as some times its easyer to go back the to carry on thats why i was trying to get away with highjacking the front winch solenoid for the rear if needed , also when driving home relised the battrey switches only switch the live and i would need to switch both

Wire and switch them separately or at some point you will winch in with the wrong winch because you forgot to switch it over and do some damage to something or someone. It takes enough concentration when using two winches as it is without making it harder!

Also, you might want to use both at the same time. When winching forwards but dragging the back sideways to bring it into line, or using the rear like a centre winch to some extent off a cage if you have one etc.

Kirkynut