Ok I want to start a thread about winches. If u have one you should put the brand and size and what u paid for it along with a short review. I hope this thread can help some people out with their decision.

 

I'm running a Bulldog 9500# its a good winch for how little I use it. would I but one again probably not. the case is a little weak and the control is not the best.

 

I have a Mile Marker 8000 that I got off Craigslist and it was only 3 mths old for 200. A little noisey but I love it. The control is nice with the toggle grip. I pulled a Yj at a 90 degree angle out of a ravine that the bank was 5ft tall.

 

The best I ever ran was a Warn 9.5XP. I got it for only 990.00, and it is Warns fastest winch
under load, plus the solenoids handled long hard pulls.
It had 125 ft of 5/16s cable which came in handy on a couple of snow runs.
With the Blazer I had it on weighing almost 6800 lbs it really got a good work out.
The winch I have to go on the Cherokee is a Warn HS9500I, all I know about it is that it works
and has 100 ft of 3/8 synthetic winch rope.

 

My favorite was the Wicked one of the West.

Sorry couldn't resist.

 

Hey, the good witch of the east was way better looking.

 

the good witch was the best

 

Haha didn't even see that till now

 

i have a warn m8000. i bought it new about 7 years ago. use it quite often for many things other than winching myself.
works just as good today as it did the first time i used it.

paid about 800cdn for it.

 

Holy crap batman! I have a m8000 and I got it for around $550 new before $50 mail-in-rebate. I haven't used mine yet because I'm still setting up my mounting. I'm setting it up to plug into 2" receivers. I have 20 ft. of 2awg wire to run to the rear and quick-disco plugs. Trying to figure out a way where I can get a good quick connection on another vehicle in case I can't get to my receivers (I usually have the problem of being the worst stuck of the group).

 

yeah, the m8000 has come down quite a bit in price. they go for around 600 now with many offering specials to compare to U.S. pricing.

 

Warn is probably the best and most well known name on the market. But the price reflects it.

Smittybuilt's XRC8s are suppose to be really good.

 

I have a warn M8000 too but have not used it. It came with my xj when I bought it. It never worked so I'm in the process of rebuilding it now.

 

I have a Smittybilt XRC10, $426 (After tax) and then an idiot with an H2 sold a XRC10 synthetic cable to me for $50... so $476 for it all, haven't REALLY used it yet, pulled out a car on the side of the road, a few ATV's, and yanked some bushes out of the ground for my neighbors... turned a weekend worth of digging and such into an hour or so of winching... wish I filmed it, was pretty awesome.

 

i should also say that we have a brand new titan 10,000 for the wifey's tj. my buddy owns the company, so we got it for 350 bux.

but my next winch will be a warn 8274 for blue and the m8000 will go to either my 93xj or my tj.