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I fitted a new Warn M8274-50 winch in November of last year, took the same one of and sent it for re-con but worked out cheaper to buy a new one. We were told at the time this was the Dogs doodles of winch so stuck with the same model. It has only been used 4 times in anger and to be honest not worked as hard as one might think. Anyway, the only time we needed it proper It broke, took it back and the motor was burnt out and one solenoid had gone. Same symptoms as the one we took off. Anyone have experience of the model and should I expect it in the future.

rollazuki:
What were you doing with it? sounds like mebbe you overworked it.Theyre only a piffling 8000 pound pull ya know.

Seriously, If there was a lot of cable still on the drum, and you had a single line pull to a well stuck landy, you are way beyond its capacity.
Its got a very deep drum, with plenty of wraps of cable, so Im guessing that if youve only taken 1 or 2 wraps off the drum, you might only have potential to pull maybe 2-3000 pounds.Not much.

mebbe try to get the winch vehicle further back to get more wraps off the drum, or snatch block it?

Not trying to teach you to suck eggs, just a couple of thoughts

Tigger:
My 8274 is years old and gets some *serious* abuse !

I've never burnt out a winch motor, although solenoids can be a weak point in tough use.  (I run an Albright contactor on mine instead.)

You do seem to have had some bad luck there, and I would say it isn't characteristic of the model.

One thing I have learned over the years is that installation and the rest of the system are vitally important in any installation.  Nice, big power cables and a good earth straight back to the battery are important.  Also a properly rated battery and alternator are important as voltage drops can be lethal for winch motors.

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it was a bit of a bitch, closest tree was 200m away, snatch was not an option and no landanchor to help. So all the wire was off the drum, just a bit concirned we got the wrong one

kwik.kwak:

--- Quote from: "V8MUD" ---I fitted a new Warn M8274-50 winch in November of last year, took the same one of and sent it for re-con but worked out cheaper to buy a new one. We were told at the time this was the Dogs doodles of winch so stuck with the same model. It has only been used 4 times in anger and to be honest not worked as hard as one might think. Anyway, the only time we needed it proper It broke, took it back and the motor was burnt out and one solenoid had gone. Same symptoms as the one we took off. Anyone have experience of the model and should I expect it in the future.
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i have experience of that winch my m8 has one on his old range rover, its crap :P

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