Milemaker also supply electric winches
Which winch?
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I've stayed silent so far, but I think I'll chime in now. I have a MileMarker hydro unit on my BJ-42 and I love it. I won't deny that as far as electrics go, the 8274 is a fantastic unit; however, one of the factors I consider important is to look at your vehicle's powerplant. If you have a diesel under the hood, that is usually NOT the source of offroad troubles. That mill will be turning. With a gasser, there may be more imperatives in having an electric winch. IMHO, there is more opportunity for a gasser--even a finely crafted, tuned, & prepared gasser--to fail when out in the boonies. If you have no powerplant in operation, you have no self-recovery unless you go electric. Lots of things might break on one of my cruisers and get me stuck, but more than likely the oil burner engine will still be chuggin along and will be there for me to power my hydro unit. I am not competing in some offroad race that demands that I have Olympic record breaking line speed. I like steady, safe recovery and my MileMarker does fantastic, thank you very much.
Hi All:
So, what was the original question?
Looking for a vehicle recovery winch for a FJ60, was it? How is the rig equipped, how are you gonna use it?
Some folks have mentioned the Warn M8274 electric winch - it is a fine piece of equipment! But some feel that for a wagon a 10,000 or 12,000 pound winch is a better choice.
What is your budget like? You can get a Superwinch X9000 electric winch for about $700 from Summit Racing - it is not as fast as the M8274 but has a stall rating of 11,000 pounds! Superwinch also makes the "Husky" line of of heavy-duty electric winches - 10 and 12,000 pound ratings.
Regards,
Alan
Seattle
So, what was the original question?
Looking for a vehicle recovery winch for a FJ60, was it? How is the rig equipped, how are you gonna use it?
Some folks have mentioned the Warn M8274 electric winch - it is a fine piece of equipment! But some feel that for a wagon a 10,000 or 12,000 pound winch is a better choice.
What is your budget like? You can get a Superwinch X9000 electric winch for about $700 from Summit Racing - it is not as fast as the M8274 but has a stall rating of 11,000 pounds! Superwinch also makes the "Husky" line of of heavy-duty electric winches - 10 and 12,000 pound ratings.
Regards,
Alan
Seattle
Beast II said:
Yup, I've been using mine for almost 20 yrs. now......I don't baby it and its still pulling strong. Yeah, I've had to use a snatch block a few times (precaution to keep from overheating winch motor) but its never failed me.
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Seeing on how this thread has turned into a electric or hyrolic winch segment, I will add my 2 pennies.
I only see a hydrolic which has an advantage if it is being used dailey, the hydrolic units we used on the boats were built for continious use.
Kinda like a air sander verses a electric, the air will out last three or four electric units.
No real advantage of the hydro unit, otherwise it would be widley used.
I feel the hydro units are better suit for the commercial industry.
Rob
I only see a hydrolic which has an advantage if it is being used dailey, the hydrolic units we used on the boats were built for continious use.
Kinda like a air sander verses a electric, the air will out last three or four electric units.
No real advantage of the hydro unit, otherwise it would be widley used.
I feel the hydro units are better suit for the commercial industry.
Rob
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