What's the best brand and or Lbs rating winch to buy for a fully armored 80 series with a 4" Slee Off Road lift and 315x 75 tires ? I'm running the ARB front bumper,with Kaymar double swing out rear bumper,white Knuckle sliders.
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I've run several brands over the years and currently have a HF 12K mounted on my son's LX with the Shortbus. I also have a Warn 9.5XP...SNIP... I have had zero failures of any brand personally...knock on wood... but have seen others run into problems with various flavors. While not always true, most have been due to operator error like running outside of duty cycles, no snatch blocks, improper routine maintenance and the like. SNIP
ALL planetary winches, by design, are somewhat problematic in terms of dissipating heat. The motor is encased to protect it until it needed, so has little to no ventilation. Moving parts are closely packed together to further help it cook. Users think, "I'll run it a couple of minutes, then rest it..." when it'll be red hot maybe by then.
IME, 30 seconds is a long time to run one, even if unloaded, as cable packing/practices with mine have shown that to be true. CAREFULLY get your hand near one periodically as it runs by stopping it to monitor.
Snatch blocks slow things down more, but significantly lighten the load (cooler, but still don't get in a hurry by forgetting the cooling breaks) and generally make things safer if properly rigged.
It tucks in the ARB bumper real good by the look of yours.My ComeUp 9.5rs has been awesome. It has pulled my heavy 80 from a few very bad "stucks". Trail Tailor is a forum supporting vendor that sells them. So does Slee Offroad.
Also I know it fits an ARB bumper. Mine's a bit different since I've modified my bumper but a normal ARB winch bumper will work fine with feet forward mounting, you'll just need to clock the clutch handle 90* and there's instructions for how to do that.
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