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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: blackbeltbob on June 26, 2006, 13:12:34

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: blackbeltbob on June 26, 2006, 13:12:34

Need your help. :?  :?  :?
Landy needa a winch. Have seen this one in the landrover magazine EX9500, 12v, 5.5hp motor and 94 foot of cable and a remote. They say it is £359 inc vat and delivery.
Is this any good?
Will it fit a standard 90 front bumper with an A-bar and spot lights?
It wont be used often but needs to be reliable. Site is www.motocoemi.co.uk

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: dew1911 on June 26, 2006, 13:18:43

You will need a Winch bumper, but these are not that expensive, as for the Winch itself I have never heard of them and therefore cannot comment.

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: blackbeltbob on June 26, 2006, 16:14:28

Can you not get adaptor plates to attach the winch to your existing bumper?

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: Devon-Rover on June 26, 2006, 18:25:36

Yes you can. they are known as bikini winch mounts. they are availble for to fit all the main makes of winch. they say on the site it is a superwinch and so it should fit the mount. which IIRC costs about 70 pounds.

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: extreme90 on June 26, 2006, 20:43:11

if your going to pay that much, go and get a superwinch epi9 for a extra 50 quid, excellent value for money, have one fitted to my challenge 90 and its never failed me yet, just keeps on pulling, even wen warns have sed oooo no ! not doing it ! and packed up  :shock:  as for fitting to standard bumper you can get bikini mounting kits from david bowyers which are around 90 quid i think off top of my head

danny

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: extreme90 on June 26, 2006, 20:47:34

Quote from: "Devon-Rover"

 they say on the site it is a superwinch and so it should fit the mount. .

it isnt a superwinch, its a cheap japanise copy of something and wont last 2 mins, if you want cheap and chearful then go t-max they are brilliant but suffer from cracked gearbox's but its up to you what you want to spend, id recomend a superwinch epi9 they really are brilliant  :lol:

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: blackbeltbob on June 27, 2006, 09:00:59

thanks biggreenthing. a superwinch it will have to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: dew1911 on June 27, 2006, 09:41:31

WARNs are also good if you can get them, but they are up the pricer end of the scale.

Title: Winch - is this one good or bad?
Post by: extreme90 on June 27, 2006, 23:35:06

i wouldnt bother with any other warn than the 8274 wiv a xp motor  :lol:  simply the best, but its a deer doo, cost me a fair bit :( aint been fitted yet tho waiting for the others to die
trust me though, you wont regret it, the epi9 realy is a good winch, fit some plasma to it aswel and its even better  :wink: