Badlands Winch (Harbor Freight)
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Badlands Winch (Harbor Freight)
9000 lb for $250 with the 25% off coupon for july 4th. Anyone running them? From what I read the internals are the same has the smittybuilt?
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I have a buddy with a 9500 off brand winch. It works pretty good. So far it is yet to fail him. It looks just like a smitty. It is louder than a smitty though. I got a Tabor 12K winch used for cheap. But if I was going to buy new I would just get the Smitty
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I can't comment on the quality since I don't have one yet. But, get the ESP for it. You'll be covered for that amount of time no matter what. Then if it goes fail, you can upgrade to the 12,000 for the cost difference. That's my plan.
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I almost bought a HF winch, until I saw 2 of them on 2 separate vehicles fail the first time they were used. My Smittybilt works every time, and only cost $300.
I don't recommend HF winches after seeing two fail within 5 minutes of use right out of the box.
I don't recommend HF winches after seeing two fail within 5 minutes of use right out of the box.
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And hopefully it doesn't fail when you need it most...
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I've been looking at these also. I found a place with 23 reviews, well the harbor freight site actually, and there were 4 bad reviews (1 star) but the rest were pretty good (3+stars).
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I was wondering what weight winch I need for my xj.
I usually use my come along with a block pulley attached to the pull point like a simple block and tackle to lessen the strain on the come along and that is what I will do with the winch.
I usually use my come along with a block pulley attached to the pull point like a simple block and tackle to lessen the strain on the come along and that is what I will do with the winch.
Last edited by Andrew Xj; 07-02-2013 at 02:04 AM. Reason: Had to reword.