What kind of winch would you get, besides Warn or Ramsey
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I had a guy tell me once when I was looking, buy any winch you like as long as it's a WARN. I think that's pretty good advice and I'm sticking to it...
Cheaping out on something that you're relying on to save you when you need it most is foolish, and no matter what, you get what you pay for- plain and simple!
Cheaping out on something that you're relying on to save you when you need it most is foolish, and no matter what, you get what you pay for- plain and simple!
I believe the MM or Ramsey 8k and 10k are identical or similar to the TMax 8k/10k excepr bearings are used in the Tmax instead of bushings in the other, there is a thread on PBB where the distributor as well as a retailer weighs in on this...
No, sorry, I did a search few days ago, I believe it was in the vendors forum, on Pirate Bulletin Board.
I bought a Superwinch and I now own a Warn. What you pay for is what you get. A few of us call them super sucks because well, the name says it all.
Fonz... Fonz... Fonz... you and your tricky questions... I will give the same response as I did in the other thread.
I think their is a market for just about everything... look at the crap people buy for their rigs (not Cruiser guys of course
)
However, do you want to be know as the shop that sells stuff "one notch up" from Harbor Freight, or the guy that sells ONLY the best. There are alot of products that fill in the middle ground, but why chance the bad rep? Look at what Genuine's have done for 4WPW, there are many similar instances.
Your only bad experience is with a winch cable breaking... I can tell you now that the winch was most likely overloaded as they design the cable to go before the motor. The owner (Pete?) should step up a size of cable 5/16" - 3/8" and be done with it (I am sure he is running synthetic now).
I have owned several Warns, all have been great
I think their is a market for just about everything... look at the crap people buy for their rigs (not Cruiser guys of course
)However, do you want to be know as the shop that sells stuff "one notch up" from Harbor Freight, or the guy that sells ONLY the best. There are alot of products that fill in the middle ground, but why chance the bad rep? Look at what Genuine's have done for 4WPW, there are many similar instances.
Your only bad experience is with a winch cable breaking... I can tell you now that the winch was most likely overloaded as they design the cable to go before the motor. The owner (Pete?) should step up a size of cable 5/16" - 3/8" and be done with it (I am sure he is running synthetic now).
I have owned several Warns, all have been great
My opinion on Warn winches is not very good. Mine M8000 is not working very well (has failed) and friends 9000ci (or something) has also failed. And their relais are also unreliable...
MM 9000 worked (even when fully submerged into the water including the box with relais). It's slow, but works well even when neglected.
Regards
Samo
MM 9000 worked (even when fully submerged into the water including the box with relais). It's slow, but works well even when neglected.
Regards
Samo
lowenbrau
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JRFJ4- said:
After killing too many Warns I came to the same conclusion. I now run a big (10gal/min) pump off my PTO and one of these...
<edit> I *really* like the 24v version of the 8274 though and its half the price of my setup
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cruiseroutfit said:Fonz... Fonz... Fonz... you and your tricky questions... I will give the same response as I did in the other thread.
I think their is a market for just about everything... look at the crap people buy for their rigs (not Cruiser guys of course
However, do you want to be know as the shop that sells stuff "one notch up" from Harbor Freight, or the guy that sells ONLY the best. There are alot of products that fill in the middle ground, but why chance the bad rep? Look at what Genuine's have done for 4WPW, there are many similar instances.
Your only bad experience is with a winch cable breaking... I can tell you now that the winch was most likely overloaded as they design the cable to go before the motor. The owner (Pete?) should step up a size of cable 5/16" - 3/8" and be done with it (I am sure he is running synthetic now).
I have owned several Warns, all have been great
So Kurt, Was that a direct cut and past or what??????
Ball buster.....
jfonz said:
Pretty much (of course tapered for the Cruiser crowd as the majority of mudder are
)
semlin
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ye olde poste concerning ye t-maximus winch
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=46276&highlight=t-max
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=46276&highlight=t-max
jfonz said:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249602&highlight=t-max
The T-max is made in China, bot not in the same factory as the other crap.
They have thier own factory.
Read the whole thread, it has plenty of info.
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Rudezuk on Pirate, requires a Flaming.4xJunkie said:
PTO. Gotta Tulsa for the front of the 40 as well. Slow as hell but stout.
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bjowett said:
You mentioned you were going to try to fit it behind an ARB bumper...did you ever get the chance to see if the Husky would fit?
I personally feel any is better than none. I don't like being parked winching several folks through an area. wondering when my winch is going to burn up from overuse. Slow or old I don't care as long as it will pull your junk.
Niner said:
That I can relate too... I hate feeling selfish with my "toys" but they call them SELF recovery winches for a reason... On or two pulls isn't bad, but when you have it out the whole weekend it gets tiring...
