Winch thoughts

[racefanmartin]

I'm looking at winch's...Is their a rule of thumb for the correct size? twice your vehicle weight? Thoughts on differant brands and cable..

 

[V8FJ4078]

Winch Rope

I just bought 5/16x125 winch rope, blue for $205.00 from rockstomper.com
rated at 13,700lb

I haven't used it, but since I just rebuilt my 5687 Warn/Belleview, I wanted to try it out....looks good, we'll see!

Craig

 

[Mike at Rausch Creek]

in my opinion, warn is the fastest, and milemarker is the slowest,


my milemarker takes forever. it works well and is strong, could be alot faster though.

 

[CJBury]

This was in interesting article.

http://www.moabjeeper.com/articles/general/listing.cfm?articleID=353

You may be surprised at the finalists.

 

[caz]

I always loved the Warn M8000 on my 4runner. It is about the most common winch out there and is well suited for a vehicle the size of the FJC.

Here is it helping me up guardrail!

CAZ

 

[Lugboot]

From what I've read, it seems the minimum weight rating you should go with is 1.5 times your vehicle weight or GVWR. For an 80, that puts it around 9000 pounds. Not sure what your FJC weighs in at. Probably lighter?

 

[Mike at Rausch Creek]

i run a 9000lb on my sami.

 

[Lugboot]

i run a 9000lb on my sami.

Mo is always better! . . . seems like some 80 guys think 12000 is the minimum they like and some run 15,000.

 

[Mike at Rausch Creek]

Mo is always better! . . .

yep! i had to winch a cherokee out 1 day and i didn't feel like turning around to do it, so i hooked my cable to a tree(with a treesaver of course) and strapped to the front of him and pulled us both up the hill.

 

[Wayneraintree]

I would say 9000# to 9500# would work just fine unless you plan to go with one ton axles and 40" tires someday : )

 

[racefanmartin]

Thanks for all the feed back...

Jeff, Who knows what the future maybe....SAS sounds good

 

[racefanmartin]

This was in interesting article.

http://www.moabjeeper.com/articles/general/listing.cfm?articleID=353

You may be surprised at the finalists.

Nice article,...Thanks

Loved the pic's CAZ

 

[trikpony]

2nd Bronco with the Warn 9.5ti w/ rope.

 

[Wayneraintree]

Hey Matt,

I'd break something before you assume the front end won't take what you dish out

plus, any resources you have should (in my humble opinion) go to body armor and tube to protect it.....or a front selectable locker for that matter....

 

[CJBury]

I know that Harbor Freight may not be the way to go, but it did make it to the final 3. They didn't follow the usage tips either. They really beat on the winches.