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Old 06-06-2012, 04:29 PM
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So went to harbour freight and saw a few off road winches I'm looking at the 9000lbs winch with the automatic load-holding brake. Any good? Feed back would be great. P.S harbour freight is my favorite store
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HF electronics blow.
Buy an engo from jeep hut for $300shipped.
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Read this: http://www.fourwheeler.com/techartic...out/index.html

It has the HF, Engo, Warn, etc. in it.
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That article is why I bought an engo.
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So the winch I'm looking at isn't any good?
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So the winch I'm looking at isn't any good?
Did you read the article? :P
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Why not spend 400 on the warn VR8000?
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I don't believe that it's a particularly bad which, I'm sure it will do just fine when you're in a pinch. It has 18 reviews with 4 1/2 out of 5 stars, which is pretty good to me. Both are rated at 9000 pounds. The harbor freight winch is priced at $370. The Engo winch at jeephut.com is priced at $290. According to the article that I pointed out earlier, the Engo performed much better than the harbor freight winch.
Even if you were to use a 20% off coupon that bring the price down to $300, but then you have to think you'll be paying taxes are HF, whereas at jeephut.com you most likely will not, plus they have free shipping.
BTW - I love HF too!
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