Winch Option industrial vs recovery...need a quick answer

[Markuson]

Yea I switched to wireless with my control pack switch out. I still carry a wired controller and extra battery, but haven't needed it.

Funny you mentioned the clutch. I used to have manual locking hubs on both front and rear axles. Had two friend constantly unlock one hub or pull my cable out... so one night I welded a big pipe to their frames and connected them together... it's almost as good as an electric clutch.

It's not that I don't want wireless, but what concerns me is you CANNOT manually control, or hard-wire a controller on the Platinums. It is Wireless ONLY. So I wonder... one very cool thing about the Zeon Platinum remote is that it monitors mother temp and also battery voltage...so it helps you avoid over working it. Just wish you could have a hard-wired controller as a backup.

 

[Taco2Cruiser]

It's not that I don't want wireless, but what concerns me is you CANNOT manually control, or hard-wire a controller on the Platinums. It is Wireless ONLY. So I wonder... one very cool thing about the Zeon Platinum remote is that it monitors mother temp and also battery voltage...so it helps you avoid over working it. Just wish you could have a hard-wired controller as a backup.

For what its worth. I really doubt you will over work either the battery or the winch motor. That's why I tend to lean away from the more features like that. But that's just me, and not the right answer for everyone.

As you pointed out, I only talk about things if I've done it before...

Experience is that thing you get right after you need it.

Playing in Johnson valley, king of hammers trails. I did 4 days strait, seemed like constant winching (recovery for others) under 100 degree air temps. I was manually checking motor temp, and had a volt meter in a 27f battery. Never had an issue of heat and draw. And honestly I haven't heard of that being the reason anyone I know have winch issues.

I've only personally seen winches fail when someone tries to pull more than the wraps on their drum allow. Like a guy who has a 12,000 lbs winch, but had like 4 wraps on the drum and tried to pull a full size truck out of a mud bog under suction from the mud.

 

[Markuson]

For what its worth. I really doubt you will over work either the battery or the winch motor. That's why I tend to lean away from the more features like that. But that's just me, and not the right answer for everyone.

As you pointed out, I only talk about things if I've done it before...

Experience is that thing you get right after you need it.

Playing in Johnson valley, king of hammers trails. I did 4 days strait, seemed like constant winching (recovery for others) under 100 degree air temps. I was manually checking motor temp, and had a volt meter in a 27f battery. Never had an issue of heat and draw. And honestly I haven't heard of that being the reason anyone I know have winch issues.

I've only personally seen winches fail when someone tries to pull more than the wraps on their drum allow. Like a guy who has a 12,000 lbs winch, but had like 4 wraps on the drum and tried to pull a full size truck out of a mud bog under suction from the mud.

It's actually mud suction I'm thinking about. Here's my front tire/wheel when I sunk into the nastiest, most hidden mud I've ever seen. It was literally entombed...fully through calipers...SOLID. This is one of several reasons I plan to carry water in a pressurized fire extinguisher (no, none of the reasons are fire). I had to find a spoon at a store...bend it, and redirect water to jet out areas I couldn't possibly clear without a pressure washer--made worse because my spline adapter cracked and couldn't remove wheel (!).

 

[DeckerT4R]

It's actually mud suction I'm thinking about. Here's my front tire/wheel when I sunk into the nastiest, most hidden mud I've ever seen. It was literally entombed...fully through calipers...SOLID. This is one of several reasons I plan to carry water in a pressurized fire extinguisher (no, none of the reasons are fire). I had to find a spoon at a store...bend it, and redirect water to jet out areas I couldn't possibly clear without a pressure washer--made worse because my spline adapter cracked and couldn't remove wheel (!).

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Good grief!!

 

[Taco2Cruiser]

It's actually mud suction I'm thinking about. Here's my front tire/wheel when I sunk into the nastiest, most hidden mud I've ever seen. It was literally entombed...fully through calipers...SOLID. This is one of several reasons I plan to carry water in a pressurized fire extinguisher (no, none of the reasons are fire). I had to find a spoon at a store...bend it, and redirect water to jet out areas I couldn't possibly clear without a pressure washer--made worse because my spline adapter cracked and couldn't remove wheel (!).

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