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Winches Again
Budgie:
My first winch was a GEW 10000 and I had it for about 18 months without problems, not that it was used that much. I can think of 6 occasion when it was used in anger, 3 were towing building site 4x4 forklifts out of bogs in the village!
Then the motor failed while I was trying to recover Tonka Toy from a sand dune. A new motor for this winch is £120 +, about the same price as one for the Warn XD9000 I have on there now.
Sure, the Warn was more expensive but it's a better quality winch, powder coated (not sprayed), has a faster motor, it's quieter and I can get spares at any number of outlets, unlike the GEW.
The choice, as always, is yours but I won't be going for another cheap winch if the XD9000 ever gives up the ghost. :wink:
Sheddy:
Hers a bit of aworry for you ....
http://www.winchtest.com/
Mudlark:
Winch users rarely use their winch to full capacity every time they use them so it is understandable if they have a high opinion of their winch.
Incidently I foresee a lot of "Use plasma you won't get the problem" comments arising from this report BUT I know at least one manufacturer that stats that only the winch wire supplied by them must be used otherwise the warrantry is void and that is superwinch
So if Warn is the same?
Bulli:
what i think has been said is that NO warranty is valid for what we do.....
i think that test is is some way bogus. I just cant believe that the cable failed so easily when they are made in the land of litigation. If they did fail so easily surely we would have heard of vast legal cases...lets face it if you can get 13.5 mil for pouring hot coffee on yourself imagine how much you could get for lost limb due to line fail.....
just food for though!
muddyweb:
Bulli,
You only have to read the first page to wonder about the report... look at the name of the person who commissioned it... not exactly an impartial party !
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