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Originally Posted by HawkDriver
What do you use as a general rule of thumb for your winch duty cycle?
I've looked around quite a bit and can't seem to find any actual specs for that of a Warn 8274. My buddy claims that his Warn 12k is like 35 seconds on then 10 minutes off or something. The other day I ran my 8274 for about 2-3 minutes straight with only a few seconds of breaks during the pull. Seemed fine and never had any probs, didn't seem real hot or anything. What do you guys do?
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Obviously...it depends on how hard you are working the winch (electric).
If it just a light to medium pull 2-4K then I have no problem running my 8274 for several minutes...but honestly...I'd have to have a lot of line payed out to winch for that long (the 8274 is fast).
A heavy pull.. (where you can actually hear everything straining), I limit to 30-45 seconds, then let it cool for 5 minutes just to be safe.