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mark.yellow.series.3:
i shall be buying one of those at some point,
if you look through the listings theres another make of winch that look almost the same and they have a 2 year warranty.
if you make sure its maintained properly it should give you years of service.

no doubt, superwinch and warn ect are 'better' products, but i cant justify spending that kind of money on and old truck.

SteveG:
bought with bumper as a package and without fairlead and rollers my EP9 cost 300 pounds.

Sealed contacter of EP9 cost 45 notes on their own and are worth the difference for reliability alone.

Cheers

Steve

extreme90:
you can get a fully rigged epi9 for 420 quid from rebel 4x4
thats rigged everything cables, wire, snatch block, remote
all you need do is fit it
epi9 comes with a albright sealed contactor as std so no canister solenoids to burn out after 2 minutes winching like other winches
just tryna save money for you as you be spending alot more on one of them winches replaces blown gearbox's and solenoids
just aint worth the money
whist the t-max are good budget winches they suffer alot of blown gearbox cases that blow even when not fully loaded
its just my opinion but i wouldrather have no winch than 1 of them as they will fail very quickly and just when you dont want it costing you another few hunderd quid to put right when you could have had a damn good winch for just 150 ish quid more that will last months before requiring a clean up
danny

Bulli:
hmmm, Rollazuki might be along in a mo but incase not his winch went pear shaped last time out. Had it a few months and hadnt really abused it. When cont the importers they said as the winch had been used for offroad all warranties are INVALID.
Yup thats right warranties arent worth the paper they are written on. Self recovery is not what they are designed for apparantly. So we came to the conclusion of buying cheap is cheaper to replace..... it wasnt one of those but way more expensive...the winch had been underwater but not operated...it was full of crap.

extreme90:
what winch was it bulli ?
my epi9 lasted 3 events and 4 months of drowning before it died and needed a clean out  :shock:
its never let me down  :shock:
the huskey gives in with its stupid cannister solenoids before the ep lets go
as for buy cheap replace cheap it costs more to keep replacing than to buy a decent winch that doesnt need anything doing
the brushes have only worn about a 1mm on the motor and armeture is like new
its just worth that extra 200 quid for the peice of mind that its not gonna fail miserably on you
warrantys are only valid on recovery trucks as the dont get used offroad
even the warn warrantys are void if used offroad  :shock:

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