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Winch derrrrrrr ?

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thermidorthelobster:
Yes it does.  There's endless debate on electric vs hydraulic, which can be summarised as follows:

Electric
- work if the engine's off (but only as long as the battery holds out)
- quick
- relatively cheap

Hydraulic
- the Hydraulic camp argue that they're much more dependable in the long term, but opinions differ on this
- less prone to day-to-day failures such as solenoid problems
- less strain on vehicle (ie battery, alternator etc)

Have a look at http://www.winchtest.com/, but bear in mind it's published by Milemarker, who specialise in hydraulic winches so are a little biased.  (They also sell electric ones now...)

It's one of those areas which stimulates a lot of heated argument.

thermidorthelobster:
By the way, personally I favour a Tirfor:

- lightweight
- cheap, if you get one second hand
- operates independently of engine, battery, or anything else - in fact you don't really need the vehicle at all
- helps build upper body strength in the operator...
- ...but it's orders of magnitude slower than either electric or hydraulic winches!

In 6 months of travelling overland in West Africa, Iceland and elsewhere, plus plenty of green laning in UK, I've used the Tirfor exactly once, so a winch would have just been an expensive toy really.  It does exactly what I need it to do with no hassle.

suggs:
to be honest ive only used mine once and that was to pull a mate 110 out at Bures, but a winch does look good on a nice bumper :lol:

Richie_EB4:
Yeah.........i have to admit.........mine has been used about half a dozen times off road but its main use is for the 24hr recovery that i do.....thats why i went hydraulic.......but am glad i did.

Xtremeteam:
milemarker TypeR winch


Nuffsaid  :shock:

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