Winch Help
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Winch Help
SO i got very stuck bymyself the other night, ( will tell story later, Still sour about it) and it took forever to get pulled out. I Want to buy a winch and just started looking. I dont rock crawl usually just play in mud and sand. There are always trees around and i can hook up to them with a chain and ****** block.
How small of a winch can i go?
Will a 4000pound winch cut it?
how much cable ususally comes on a winch
I found some good deals on electric winches that are all under 5000 pounds, would this work or is this not recomended. I know the jee weights in at about 3100 on the scales, mable a little less do to all the rot. lol
How small of a winch can i go?
Will a 4000pound winch cut it?
how much cable ususally comes on a winch
I found some good deals on electric winches that are all under 5000 pounds, would this work or is this not recomended. I know the jee weights in at about 3100 on the scales, mable a little less do to all the rot. lol
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At min 2x your jeep. I have a 10k and have burned it up once, I will get a 12k winch next time. When you are real stuck in the mud you could be dragging 10 x the weight of your jeep. And I wouldn't fall for an imitation I have a warn on both my jeeps, a little more in the beginning, when you need to use it you want it to work! I have burned up my warn but it took 2 powerstrokes to get me out that time. I was wheeling a dry lake bed I thought it was just mud, and i stopped..........I had to crawl out the slider window.
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If you are trying to find a budget friendly winch the last harbor freight flyer I got had a 10 k winch for like 2 hundred some bucks. But I think the smittybuilt 8k is only 299 and they are ok.
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My friend just picked this up after his old Mile Marker burnt up after 10 years of abuse.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MMK-77-50141/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MMK-77-50141/
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hell, half the time I can't even get my xrc8 to engage. and then I had to use it to get up the rest of a hill when my rear driveshaft on, and the **** stick who put my winch in engaged, pulled the lever out.. pretty irate about that. other than that, I love my xrc8, its worked great the 10 or so times I've had to use it haha. but now its a paperweight on my bench till I give SB a call.
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Buy a Warn or all the China Winches are about the same "SmittyBuilt, Rough Country (what I had - free remote), Harbor Freight), so then it is just a matter of who has the best warranty, customer service, and replacement parts. I had a friend at a 4x4 warehouse told me then to go with Rough Country. One thing for certain is that you will never get everyone to agree which one is best - AND I AGREE .... I would get at least 8K if not more .
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Here get this one
http://truckandwinch.com/tuff-stuff-...0-b-winch.html
It's the one I have, some may say its overkill but its cheap and came with extras!
http://truckandwinch.com/tuff-stuff-...0-b-winch.html
It's the one I have, some may say its overkill but its cheap and came with extras!
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