To provide a winch device that detects an actual position of a wheelchair to perform control based on the position.

A distance sensor 30 provided on a vehicle 2 to detect a person to be cared on a wheelchair 1 and a distance to the person to be cared, is provided on the ceiling face of the vehicle 2. Drum target speed data corresponding to the distance data from the distance sensor 30 is stored in a memory means 22 in advance. When a control means 21 pulls up or down the wheelchair 1, the drum is driven on the basis of the target speed data stored in the memory means 22 via a motor 41 depending on the distance data from the distance sensor 30.