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Jed:
Hi all,

As a Land rover Club Marshal i use my winch quite a lot,

My very very old Duke Winch is on its last legs, so i need ta replace it.

So What Winch do i go for?????????

What do you guys run? n how ya getting on with it?

Price around £500

Jed

clbarclay:
The Superwinch EP9 gets my thumbs up as a dependable winch. The only issue I've had with the design was the stiff free spool, but after some good tips from David Bowyer its improved a lot. I've given it a fair bit of abuse, though not in competitions and the only things that have stopped it were a tired old battery and burnt contacts on a separate isolator switch. Its very rare that I use/need a snatch block, even dragging 2 range rovers at a time up a rooted gully. I would like a bit more power to speed it up under heavy loads, but since I'm not competing its quick enough and a Bowmotor upgrade can wait.

I am considering a TDS winch (available branded as Goodwinch or Champion) if I buy another, which is similar to the EP9 but with some improvements, though I'm in no rush to change.

topless matt:
Tds gets my vote.  A good quality fairly fast winch that is almost waterproof out of the box.
Only ever had one problem with mine due to the loss of a rubber bung!
Had lots of very big pulls on it and it still pulls like a train

Holyzeus:
TDS is cheaper than the ep9 and arguably better, however do not get confused between the Champion versions and Goodwinch.
Dont buy a champion one

Saffy:
http://www.dborc.co.uk/goodwinch/pdf/tds%20priced.pdf

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