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sleeplessparadise:
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--- Quote from: "sleeplessparadise" ---Wow £18 postage! Well I guess they do weigh a bit :? They are quite near me but unfortunately you arent or I would offer to collect it for you!
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The one I'm looking at is postage free
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-winch-4x4-or-recovery-winches-12000-lbs-12v_W0QQitemZ300047486187QQihZ020QQ
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The postage isnt free...... collection is free or postage is £18 by other courier :?
Mudlark:
--- Quote from: "sleeplessparadise" ---
--- Quote from: "Mudlark" ---
--- Quote from: "sleeplessparadise" ---Wow £18 postage! Well I guess they do weigh a bit :? They are quite near me but unfortunately you arent or I would offer to collect it for you!
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The one I'm looking at is postage free
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-winch-4x4-or-recovery-winches-12000-lbs-12v_W0QQitemZ300047486187QQihZ020QQ
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The postage isnt free...... collection is free or postage is £18 by other courier :?
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twood help if I opened my eyes a bit I suppose :lol: :lol: :lol:
On the subject of cheap Vs dear, I agree that buying cheap is not a good thing if you only have to use the winch once in it's lifetime and it burns out before getting you out then it's a complete waste. However at what stage do you start paying extra just for the name? Because I reckon that is what you are doing with Warn for one.
extreme90:
warn unless you compete or do very very serious playing i wouldnt bother !
what im saying is from my own personal experiance and past experiances the superwinch epi9 is the perfect general use winch
itll see you through alot of things...ive used it to do 3 tough winch challenge events and alot of heavy offroading for 4 months and it only failed on me cos i was using it whilst it was submerged in mud :shock:
superwinch is a budget winch, but a damn good budget winch at that with a very good reputation behind them !
rollazuki:
Tmax Outback. I guess it had got kinda wet when I think back, and as the supplier pointed out, it aint a submarine!
To be fair , 'tradewinch' have been great and helped me out loads., so Im forever in their debt, but what we do to winches is horrible and abusive.
Id think twice about eblag, from someone you have never met etc. www.tradewinch.com have loads of models, cheap to megabucks, and are grrreat.
Just one word of warning, if you do buy one, and dunk/soak it from time to time, please strip and rebuild with lots of wd40 and grease and stuff. water and muck gets in the damn things everywhere, and if you only use/look at your winch once every month or two(like most of us) then they get full of water and mud and it sits and corrodes, and it STOPS!
If its got soaked, give it some lovin' eh!
Rollazuki
Bulli:
However at what stage do you start paying extra just for the name? Because I reckon that is what you are doing with Warn for one.
Well i dont for one. i think they make damn good winches, lets face it its horses for courses. Ive had a cheap winch and it was great . It got abused and never quit. My xp 9.5 is way , way , way quicker...doesnt sound like its full of broken glass and pulls way stronger then any other i have seen outside the competition scene. The guys competing use warn most of the time so doesnt that give you a wee hint.
I dont think its the rolex syndrome more the lada v volkswagon......
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