Winch

A winch, comprising:

• a motor having a motor housing including a motor case and a first drum support attached to said motor case for closing an end of said motor case, said motor including a brush holder assembly attached to said first drum support via a brush plate of the brush holder assembly, the brush plate supporting a plurality of brushes contacting an armature of the motor;
• a gear reduction unit drivingly attached to said motor;
• and
• a rotatable drum drivingly connected to said motor and supported by said first drum support and a second drum support.

A winch, comprising:

• a motor enclosed in a motor case by a first drum support;
• a gear reduction unit drivingly attached to said motor and enclosed in a gear case by a second drum support;
• a tie structure including two angled and planar side rails connected by two planar cross rails, the tie structure coupled at a first end to a recessed region in a top outer surface of the first drum support and the tie structure coupled at a second end, opposite the first end, to a recessed region in a top outer surface of the second drum support, each of the recessed regions including flat and angled regions, wherein a central opening is defined inside and between the two angled and planar side rails and the two planar cross rails;
• a control unit detachably mounted above and to said tie structure;
• and
• a rotatable drum drivingly connected to said motor and supported by the first and second drum supports, where the tie structure is an only component coupled to both the first drum support and the second drum support and extending from the first drum support to the second drum support above the rotatable drum.