I run the smitty 8000 and have a ****** block. A block doubles your pulling power so for the price of a 10000 or less you get 16000 if you buy a 8000. And being 2 items you can buy one now and one later. Thats what I did and wound up needing it. Good old WI peat moss!!!

 

Yeah, I hate not having $$ right now. I got Quadratec's XJ magazine in the mail yesterday and started tallying up the total costs....I wonder if I could use a car loan for mods? I think my wife would kill me if I did that

 

Please explain this ****** block?

And yeah, its not the right time of year either. :\ Owell I figure by april, I can have my front and rear bumpers, new tires and rims, roof basket, winch and some misc. (if the stang sells)

 

yeah, I'm building a bumper over Christmas and then I'll saving for the winch.

 

Im getting a winch style from littleLeonard on here. Like 270! And its BA!

 

didnt read anyone elses post....but, you cant go wrong with a 10k winch

 

Specially not under 400 shipped!

 

Around here ****** block is what we call basically a pulley. If pulling your self out you put the (pulley) on a tree or friends Jeep and run the cable back to your Jeep. ARB sells some really nice ones but they are pricey other company's make the cheaper. Just make sure it can handle twice what your winch is rated for otherwise it might brake and take off a leg or an arm. lol Always make sure your equipment can handle each other.

 

i meant to add the word "WARN" to that also

 

like said i think the mile markers are the best imo i pulled my xj up a 4 foot embakment today out of a creek and my dad runs a warn on his 69 landcruiser and burned a seloniod and something else i got my milemarker for 300 it was a display norm like 650 its a overall bad *** winch never got hot after a good hard pull

 

Sorta like when you block and tackle a tree, wrap pullies around to lower the branches it divides the weight in half or more when dropping it. Makes it so much easier!

 

is there any like "hidden" winch bumpers out there? i seen a guy custom something were he hid his winch behind his grill on is xj and then had the roller comeout the stock bumper ill try to find a pic

 

If you have the fab skills it can be done, but do not believe I have seen a "kit" to do that.

Did you know that a winch behind the stock bumper was available on the XJ from Jeep? At least from 1991-1993.

 

yea i do know that was an option an one point, ill try to find the pic of the guys who did it. looks really good

 

I seen rough country has there new 9500lb winch for 299.99 and 12000lb winch for 399.99 anybody heard good things about them?