Hey just use it, break it take it back & get a new one , every year. That way it's allways new . or spend twice as much ,last twice as long ,breaks when the warranty expries and you are still screwed, I would buy the cheap one I did works great , I get a new one every year, have it on a recvier mount I can change it in 5 min. and always carry a block & tackle set up just in case .

 

i know that in theory the more you pay the better product you get but that's not always the case. My stepdad had a 400$ champion 8000# winch he bought from costco and it worked wonders for years, he then sold it to a guy in our club sho still run's it. He then bought a 1400$ warn theromomatic and the piece of **** never works.

i would never buy a winch, i never go alone so there is always someone to pull me out if needed.

 

buy warn and never look back

 

guy i used to work with had an older mile marker 8000#. had it for years with no problems. i personally used it once to pull out my 6000 plus pound 79 K-20 mudtruck stuck in swamp muck. thought it worked great and still is going strong. id buy mile marker out of the three.

 

ok now what does everyone think about the Rugged Ridge 8500? Dont know if I should get that or the xrc8

 

if someone had a gun against my head and I had to choose, I would probably go with the xrc8.

chose that because I had one but it overheated and blew up. I would own another for a trailer winch though

 

warn....

 

but warn wasnt an option...........

 

eh...well then if i had to pick i would say smittybuilt.

i have daily battles with rugged ridge products.


EDIT: although i will admit, for some reason most of my customers order the Rugged Ridge...

 

I think winch , leave her at home ?

 

 

Just a thought

 

yea that works sometimes

 

haha. yea i would but she loves the jeep just as much as me. lol