Witch Winch Would We Want?

[devildogg]

OK I bought this bumper http://www.cseoffroad.com/xhdpb.html    and was thinking of matching it up with this winch
http://www.quadratec.com/products/92122_1001_07.htm  does any one have any experience with either of these. I know it's not a Warn or Ramsey but I have heard some positive feedback on them and the price is hard to beat
Thanks '

[Pookapotamus]

dont cheep out on one of the most importand peices of gear you can have, get a warn they can take any abuse you throw at them. yes they are more expensive but they are well worth it!

just my 2 cents

Pook

[BlackYJ]

We fried Waytec's smittybuild winch on the first outing but I have heard they are better know.  You can get a nice Warn M8000 for pretty good deal these days and those winches last forever.

[dac]

Princess auto carries the Superwinch EPi9 for 800$ (if they have it in stock).  I read a review on it and several other big name winches and it was one of the few that made it through the day of testing.

[w squared]

I also vote Warn. Save your money, wait a few weeks, and watch the "for sale" section here. Used Warns pop up from time to time, and you can normally get a pretty good deal. I think that someone just sold a used 8274 for $650 or so. That's a whole lot of used winch for the price of a "use it three times and replace it" low end winch.

[Joel]

^^ agreed with w squared.  find your self a used warn winch in good condition.  Have it serviced/maintained and you should be set, and no doubt will outlast the other lesser brand winches.  And your cost would be close to what a new superwinch would cost.

my warn has been on two jeeps, bought used 9years ago for $500 and it's never let me down and I've put it through allot ( 24 hour winch feast, long pulls with 3 jeeps attached too it, etc).

[JK2008blckblck]

i run a smittybilt xrc8000 with the synthetic line, so far so good, pulls hard, got me out of a couple narly holes. for the $450.00 brand new i spent on it, well worth it

[Waytec]

Go with a Warn I have seen lots of cheep winches die very quickly and I have never seen a Warn die yet.
I had first generation smittybuilt and it was a pile of junk, the new ones are suppose to a lot better but mine burnt me bad in at a very bad time. I sent it back and got a Tabor 9K (basically a M8000) and I have never had an issue with it, and I have bone some long hard pulls.

[01sahara]

I have had realy good luck with my Superwinch.   Used it many times and had it for 4 years.

[JK2008blckblck]

i had a warn 12000 on my truck when i had it, used it twice and it burnt up on me, sent it back, warn replaced it, never had a problem with the second one, might just be a case of what day of the week it was built on, that and how hard of pulls your making.

[Bigg Rudd]

http://www.quadratec.com/products/92104_01_07.htm you can't beat this for a $140.00 more then what your looking at. I would also take a limited lifetime warranty over a limited 2 year anyday!

[devildogg]

Yah I think you guys are right, I want a 10,000 lb Warn so I should wait until I can afford what a I want thanks for the advice.  One other question, back in the day I had (IIRC) a 12,000lb ramsey are they still around, it was a good winch then

[devildogg]

Thanks to those that offered their advice, I installed my new Warn today, it went very well, except I was left with these 2 black plugs, does any one know what they are for? Its an M8000

[cLAY]

I you used a hawse fairlead instead of the roller fairlead you push them into the bolt holes to cover them up.

[devildogg]

I you used a hawse fairlead instead of the roller fairlead you push them into the bolt holes to cover them up.

 Thank you