Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
I doubt that we have EVER had an '80 hit the trail with us weighting less than 6000 pounds. If you think that is absurd, you have either never actually weighed your '80 or you only go out on day/weekend trips with little real gear on board.
Calling a 10K winch overkill on an '80 shows a lack of real world experience with this rig. We have had to double line 10K winches on '80s quite often. Moving an '80 mired in deep peat, soft swamp, glacial silt, clay... or pretty much anything is like dragging a dead elephant through the same stuff.
10K is the minimum i would install on an '80 unless I was just bolting one on that I had laying around until I got around to buying the right winch. At least one of our guys is running a 12K and I have had a couple of others out with us running 12k winches too. In fact one pull called for a 12k and a 10K winch both pulling to get an '80 free.
Mark...
Calling a 10K winch overkill on an '80 shows a lack of real world experience with this rig. We have had to double line 10K winches on '80s quite often. Moving an '80 mired in deep peat, soft swamp, glacial silt, clay... or pretty much anything is like dragging a dead elephant through the same stuff.
10K is the minimum i would install on an '80 unless I was just bolting one on that I had laying around until I got around to buying the right winch. At least one of our guys is running a 12K and I have had a couple of others out with us running 12k winches too. In fact one pull called for a 12k and a 10K winch both pulling to get an '80 free.
Mark...