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What Winch?
Budgie:
The cheaper winches are ok but you get what you pay for!
If you spend £300 on a winch then it'll be something like Champion, KEW, GEW, Comeup, T-Max & Bearmach. It's harder to get spares for these if you need them and things like motors and solenoids (which tend to go on them) are the same price as makes like Warn and Superwinch so if anything goes then your not really saving money.
Champion and GEW/KEW are the same winch, made in China, only different badging. :wink:
You want something with over 8000 lbs line pull, generally they say 1.5 times the vehicle weight.
I've had Superwinch X9's and had no problems with them.
I have a GEW 10000 in the Disco now and the motor has gone after about two years of heavy but not regular service.
I've just got (box arrived today) a Warn XD9000 to replace the GEW. Sure it cost more but I know I can get all the spares for it from various outlets.
Last months LRE magazine had a load of articles on winching in there which maybe worth a read.
What ever you go for, have a good look around as the winch I got was over £100 more expensive at some outlets!! :wink:
jjsaul:
I got a Warn XD9000i for my RRC and its a fantastic piece of kit....pulled a 90 and a 110 (tied together!) up a muddy hill when the winch (GEW i think) on my mates 110 cooked its motor....
So they do cost more....look out for 2nd hand ones, that way you pay the same money but get a much better quality winch.
If its only for show then buy a 5hitpart one or similar, but if you are going to use it offroad then pay the money and get something that wont let you down!
muddyman:
Got a superwinch EPi 9 on my RRC been and very good winch, and done some hard work too 8)
Jim-Willy:
Personally i would want a old pto winch on a series i think a modern winch will look wrong. IMHO only.
extreme90:
yano, i agree with you there, a old fairy mayflower or similar
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