I just got a new winch bumper and a need a good long lasting winch iv been looking at tha smittybuilt XRC-8 for $299.00 but idk

 

Get a warn best winch out there hands down.

And if your on a budget they just came out with a value series of winches too!

 

x2 warns new value series are very nice

 

those cheap winches are hit or miss. ive had good luck with mine but a buddy had solenoid issues when he first got his xrc8. his has since been completely submerged in saltwater and was still working and still works to this day. next time im gonna spend the extra coin on a ramsey or warn since i will be relying on it more has the obstacles become more difficult.

 

we have ramseys winches on 2 of tha jeeps at work and they r old and still working... but tha new ramseys look so cheap now and warn has always been tha best and tha highest

 

A working winch is a good winch in my book.

 

The kind that keeps her mouth shut! lol

 

My Smittybilt has never let me down. Going on 2 years with a butt load of pretty hard pulls.

 

Sorry, not to highjack... but what bumper is that?

 

is that tha synthetic cable

 

Looks like the JCR bumper and yeah, synth line. I did some searching too and there seems to be a group of people who are older, and tout Warn like they're being paid to. Warn is the ONLY option to them, then there's a bunch of other people with winches like the XRC8 (same one I'm considering) who've had no issues with multiple years usage...

 

take a look at this. This test dispelled a lot of bad information on cheaper winches. I would say if you are going to put yourself in life or death pull situations then by all means, money is no object and you should by a WARN. If you are going to use it to pull a buddy out of a mud pit or like most of us, to pull up a pesky stump or bush in the yard... read this article..

http://www.moabjeeper.com/articles/g...?articleID=353

 

ok next...XRC8 for $299 or tha XRC10 for $399...tha 8 would prolly do everything i need but i didnt know what yall think

 

GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) for your Cherokee should be around 4K (3,479 by sticker). You should try to keep it around twice vehicle weight ( 8K) as a rule of thumb

 

its recommended to get 1.5-2 times the weight of the vehicle. the 8k should be plenty and if you need the extra pulling power you could use a ****** block.