Recon Winches

[elripster]

I am thinking of picking one of these up...

New 17,500lb Electric Winch w/ Wireless Remote

Some outfit in Vista is selling them for $350 cash. I have found good and bad reviews but an thinking at that price what the heck.

Frank

 

[Phulcrum]

At that price its def worth the gamble. Especially cause you don't wheel solo.

 

[leucadiacruiser]

Seems like successful recovery in the middle of nowhere and you've got your money back

 

[crusherboy]

I have been wondering about those guys. They sell Chinese log splitters, stump grinders and other equipment. Curious what you learn.

 

[sbman]

You can regularly get the 'badlands' harbor freight 12K winch for $299 on sale, a lot of positive users of that one (including myself). I've only used it a couple of times, but it worked and did the job. If you buy their extended warranty you could even return it if you had an issue.

 

[elripster]

For those not at yesterday's meeting, I picked up that winch. It's large and quite heavy. I'd say it's about the size of a 17k lb winch. It comes with wired and wireless controls, fair lead, pair of gloves, etc... The cabling is of a heavy starter-grade gauge.

There are no markings, serial numbers, etc... to indicate brand or anything else.

I can't wait to try it someday and see how it works.

Frank

 

[barneymc]

You will need an anchor of some sort to pull yourself upright in the sand. No trees at Pismo.

 

[elripster]

Tim's truck!

 

[barneymc]

Are you implying that Tim's truck is an anchor?

 

[elripster]

When you think about it, all trucks can be anchors.

 

[crusherboy]

Barney's truck is more of a land yacht with a nice swim step.