All those photos appear to be the commercial bar. My investigation concluded that the deluxe bar does not fit an upright
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I‘ve become a ComeUp convert after having used its 24v 8K winch on my SWB Since 2016.
Has been exactly what a winch should be: like a toaster; you don’t worry about it working or not. When you need it, it works as advertised.
Has been exactly what a winch should be: like a toaster; you don’t worry about it working or not. When you need it, it works as advertised.
An M8000 with a TRE or Viking line and a proper safety thimble has always been good to me. It's a light, simple, proven combination, and a good choice for a rig in the 4-5K weight range...and if I need more pulling power I can always rig a snatch. The 9-10K winches are also just fine, albeit usually a little heavier capacity than I've needed...but I've also been running lighter rigs until now. My 73 is winchless at current, but a Sherpa 9500 is slated for the front end; decent track record, 24-volt and no heavier than it needs to be. I'll probably throw a 50' TRE line and thimble on that, and likely a TRE hawse as well because they actually have correct radii for the line diameter. No reason to make it more complicated.
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I could be wrong, I was actually thinking of the fat tube deluxe bar. I really like those but last I checked they were only available for flared rigs.
I’m running ARB deluxe bars (1 flare, 1 non-flare) and both have Warn winches.
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Well, if you can fit an 8274 in the bumper, you can fit most sub 12k winches. Just have to compare dimensions. So that really opens up your choices especially since 12v. I do favor Warn and ComeUp. But
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Haven't heard of that one until now; what's pushing you in that direction?
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Sorry, I mistyped. I meant Sherpa. But both Sherpa and Runva offer 24v winches.
I like the fact that the Sherpa offerings are of lighter weight than others; their 9500 is even lighter than the older Warn 9,000-lb. offerings. I think the 9.5XP-s is something like 70-ish pounds, now, and you can trim the older XD9000i down to sub-60 pounds on the bumper, but it takes a lot of work. Sherpa advertises 42 lbs...and to be honest, I don't know how that's even possible, but it's incredibly tempting. It may be a dry weight with nothing but the rope; no thimble, contactor, cables, mounting hardware, fairlead, etc. I'm very, very interested in getting my hands on one and popping a few covers loose to see how well they're made; it's one of those situations where I've heard about them, seen them and even been around one or two that were under load...but I've never taken one apart to see the inner bits. I'm genuinely curious about how they trimmed the weight that much; my best guesses are that they went to lighter casings like some of the comp winches use, and maybe the planetary is lighter because of the steep gearing; I'm not sure how they can lighten up the motor or drum or frame...but there's basically nothing but a motor, drum and gearbox attached to that frame, so maybe that's it.
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Thanks, everyone! Just received this reply from arb au, and it looks like most current warn models will fit!
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