Synyster

Anyone have one of these?

http://www.harborfreight.com/2000-lb...mpaign=buylink

BLKXJ 96

For a quad yes....to pull a jeep.....no way!!! HF has bigger winches, but they cost more money. About the best bang for your buck light duty winch is a smittybuilt XR8.

jmm0122

That is not for an xj. I wish they were that cheap though.

Evil Drew M

FWIW a buddy of mine has the HF 12K winch and I've seen it run impressively on more than one occasion.

Not sure I'd drop $500 on one but it goes on sale pretty regularly for $400. It's worth that.

Jeepjunky

u know, if u would have posted this before 9/30/11 i could have gave u a coupon code for their 12000lb winch that would have only cost u $300 instead of the usual $500

K-SKI

rule of thumb i always go by is when buying a winch allways be at least double the weight of the vechicle its going on

darknezz

i have a coupon for one of these for $200
http://www.harborfreight.com/6000-lb...ake-68141.html

I think it would be viable?

i need a bumper first though....


no a $50 winch will not get you very far

The Blacksmith

hf winches are junk and rust out internally, for just over 300 you can get plenty of good winches. Don't cheap out. The first time a winch saves you , vs renting equiptment to pull yourself out if you get really stuck or paying a friend to come resque you, will more than pay for itself.

A friend made more than his winch costs pulling people out of ditches when it snows. Just saying.

XJ Knight

^ this..

jcwclm

These winches were part of a large test of fourwheeler magazine I believe. They did HORRIBLE.

Anyway, I wouldn't even put that winch on my fourwheeler. I have a superwinch 3000 lb on my 99 honda foreman (a little over 500lbs) and I've had two incidents where it WOULD NOT pull me out. Took either a jeep or another winch to do it.

darknezz

yea most stuff from HF is junk. my stupid jack I got from there stopped staying up after 2 months/few uses, among other things that have broken from them.
Id rather buy a USED good brand.

XJ Rat

Just remember, you get what you pay for. When you use a winch, you need it. More importantly, you need it to operate correctly. Unless you are a mall crawler, and only need it for looks, do not cheap out buying a winch. Warn, Ramsey, Superwinch.

I would not hang a Chinese anything on the front of my Jeep. Personally, I bought a Ramsey. Oh, and it is on my TJ, not my XJ.

Rock Toy

Worthless! If you need a winch you need a winch that will work, and one that will pull you out of a bad situation.
The very minimum is 1.5 times the weight of the vehicle it is mounted on, and 2 times the weight is preferred, so seeing as the Cherokee will weigh about 4000 lbs trail ready. IMO, a 6000 lb winch is the very least I would ever consider using, and I would personally go with an 8000 - 10000 lb winch and then buy something I could trust, as in Warn.

ivantheigor

Ive got one on my Kawasaki Prairie 360 and Its done very well...
Much better than the come along I use when Im out on my Polaris.
Plus its dirt cheap so if it breaks... not a huge loss.

Either way its not four anything larger than an ATV.

jcwclm

Maybe if you get stuck in a puddle. Haha.