Are they worth it in terms of helping you get up a steep hill or getting unstuck?

 

i dont have one on my truck but i have one on my atv and hell yeah that thing has saved my *** so manytimes its not even funny its money well spent if you are going to go off road alot.

 

They are definately worth it. I usually go wheelin' with rigs way more capable than I am, so i have to use their winch as a tug line sometimes. But I really want one. 9.5ti Warn.....overkill for my little ranger, yes.


If you don't off road much....don't bother. If you do it alot, like I do, then it's close to a must if you go out alone w/o an assist rig.

 

lol I thought it said do you have a wrench on the front of your truck! I know D.'s got a wench on the front of his! lol

 

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You bet! Invaluable in my opinion. I wouldn't go anywhere challenging without one these days.

Once you've had one, you'll never want to be without one.

 

^^Yea....everytime I wheel with my buddys in their rigs.....i want one. Invaluable.

 

Wench? I generally keep the wenches in the passenger seat!

 

damnit you just beat me on that ha. ive never heard anything bad about them, just make sure its rated high enough

 

lol.. i was going to say its illegal to have wench's ride on your front bumper... plus its dangerous too, no matter how much they deserve it.


as for a winch... i dont have one, so i have no useful input, lol.

 

Mine's not a permanent mount but I have one that I can use in my front/rear hitches. I've used it more to pull others out and dragging fallen trees out of my way than I've had to use it getting myself unstuck. I suspect this will change once I move to the PDX area.

As other's have said, it's an invaluable tool.

 

i can't afford one right now but its definitely one of my mods in the future bc i have been stuck for 12+ hours and when it came down to it all that could get me out was a winch

 

What do they cost to get installed?

 

i wouldn't pay to have it installed i would do it myself its not hard

 

All you need is a front receiver and then just get a winch basket for it. Bolts on and then you can take it off the front and put it on the rear if need be.

 

i will never go wheeling without one. it is so worth it. prob one of the most valuable mods on my truck