Runva XP11

[Boombah]

I finally got around to selecting, purchasing and installing a winch in my Bullbar on my '82 BJ 60.
Selected the Runva XP11, it was $450 shipped to my door in three days from Ontario. Bolted right into my bumper, comes with roller fairlead, snatch block, all necessary hardware, and also a wireless remote control system. And a decent warranty.
Tried it out yesterday, two times to feel it out, and once for real. It pulls hard, had no issue dragging the cruiser up a hill with the brakes locked up, motor didn't up much, its a little slow, but for the money I feel decent about my purchase.
Anybody else have any experience with this brand? Good/bad or otherwise?

 

[cruiserpilot]

I'm glad to hear it works. I'm in the middle of installing a Runva 11XP-S. I did a fair amount of research before I bought it.
Everyone I heard from is happy, and they are quite popular in the land and islands down under. Maybe have it all hooked
up by the weekend. I'll post a couple do pics here once I get it done. You got any pics of it in action??

 

[Boombah]

No, I totally forgot to get some action shots. . Next time forsure.
I did a fair amount of research, and yes, they are really quite popular in Australia, NZ. I figured if guys in these countries were using and abusing the Runva winches, it would be a good bet.

 

[mr jits]

Get rid of the wireless remote. I had hooked mine up in the garage the other week (install on my 40 and cleaned the winch up and greased from last year's use) while my neighbor was fiddling with one of his RC planes. Long story short, the winch started spinning. I'm not positive it was from his controller, but I do know my wireless controller had the batteries removed and no controller was attached (battery leads had been hooked up for twenty minutes or so before this happened). There is also a serious lag in reaction time before the winch starts or stops while using the wireless remote. Other than that my Runva has worked great.