anybody know anything useful about winches for trucks?
01-11-2004, 10:30 PM
#1
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,078
Hey All,
I am considering (when my financial fortune takes an upturn,as usual) buying a winch for my blazer.
Anybody know a rough 'good' price range that say a winch that can pull around 3000-4000 lbs would be??
The only place I have even found that sells these in the GTA is National 4wd in burlington, and while they seem really great, I was just curious, and second opinions never hurt.
Also, WARN is basically the best brand? Or is something like a Superwinch just as good.
This would be, honestly, mainly a decorative winch, I plan to do only minimal amounts of off-roading, when possible, like camping, etc, and figured it looks cool, so why not.
BTW, the truck weighs 5500 lbs, so i figure a 'self rescue' sort of winch, I would need around 75% of that weight? Proper logic?
I am considering (when my financial fortune takes an upturn,as usual) buying a winch for my blazer.
Anybody know a rough 'good' price range that say a winch that can pull around 3000-4000 lbs would be??
The only place I have even found that sells these in the GTA is National 4wd in burlington, and while they seem really great, I was just curious, and second opinions never hurt.
Also, WARN is basically the best brand? Or is something like a Superwinch just as good.
This would be, honestly, mainly a decorative winch, I plan to do only minimal amounts of off-roading, when possible, like camping, etc, and figured it looks cool, so why not.
BTW, the truck weighs 5500 lbs, so i figure a 'self rescue' sort of winch, I would need around 75% of that weight? Proper logic?
01-11-2004, 11:03 PM
#2
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 57
I would say if your only planning on it being "decorative", save your money and put it into a lift kit, or power upgrades. A lift with new rubber will give way more in the way of an apperance upgrade, plus it will actually enhance performance when you do take it off road. If your not planning on off roading it that much, a lift and rubber will be much better investment IMO. If a lift isn't your cup of tea, why not look at a power chip? It will give you a much more controlled power range for your vehicle. Anyway, a winch is a pretty spendy "hood orniment".
01-12-2004, 12:02 AM
#5
2000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 2,171
if you wanna try the cheap way out look for a big "come-a-long" (hand winch).
as for the winch size - best thing would be to ask on a off road forum, i have sen pics of atv winch`s lifting a bike up a wall. i think in most cases its better to over size one then to under size it
a realy good i dea is to always have a lenght of rope/cable in the truck as well - your winch cable WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT A FOOT SHORT - been there done that
as for the winch size - best thing would be to ask on a off road forum, i have sen pics of atv winch`s lifting a bike up a wall. i think in most cases its better to over size one then to under size it
a realy good i dea is to always have a lenght of rope/cable in the truck as well - your winch cable WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT A FOOT SHORT - been there done that
01-12-2004, 12:21 AM
#6
1000 Watt CAFz'r
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If it is purely decorative then your fine with a small winch. A litle bigger winch would be a 6000 pound and use a ****** block to double the pulling power but lower the line speed.
A rule of thumb is a winch rated for twice the vehicles weight, so you would be looking at a Warn M10,000 which is big bucks and they have major current draw.
you could go with a hydraulic winch . It uses the power steering pump for the pressure, but if you drown the motor you out of luck.
I paid $600 for my used Warn Xd9000i. It included the remote, the roller fairlead and the cable. Spent another $300 on the mount and the winch plate.
Warn has Excellent customer service. Never ever had any problems with these people, all questions were answered really fast.
A rule of thumb is a winch rated for twice the vehicles weight, so you would be looking at a Warn M10,000 which is big bucks and they have major current draw.
you could go with a hydraulic winch . It uses the power steering pump for the pressure, but if you drown the motor you out of luck.
I paid $600 for my used Warn Xd9000i. It included the remote, the roller fairlead and the cable. Spent another $300 on the mount and the winch plate.
Warn has Excellent customer service. Never ever had any problems with these people, all questions were answered really fast.
01-12-2004, 06:46 PM
#10
Yankee
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,599
Look a winch is there to save your butt, nobody tries to get stuck of hung up. If you arent with a bunch of folks who can pull your stuck ride out for you then you could have a long cold walk in your future. If you need a winch spend the bucks and get a good one. If you buy a toy winch real off roaders will laugh and point.
