buying a winch... which one?
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buying a winch... which one?
Hey guys I'm buying a winch 8000lb line pull... But im have trouble choosing which one i want. Either the smittybilt RCX8 compition winch or Warn M8000. Smitty is 500 and warn is 539... any one have either? anyone know anything about them... both reviews seem pretty good. which should i get?
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I would just get a regular smittybilt, I used and abused the **** out of mine and it never gave up.. and I know mine didn't retail for $500.
if you know my history, you know everything on my truck was pushed. The only problem I ever had was melting my battery terminals.
Honestly, how often are you gonna use it? And when you do, how often will you need the little extra line speed? Winching is supposed to be a slow, careful process. Your truck isn't a comp buggy.
needless to say, I was plowin the lake bed.
I eventually needed another 20,000lbs of winch to finally pull me out but the smitty got me most of the way.
if you know my history, you know everything on my truck was pushed. The only problem I ever had was melting my battery terminals.
Honestly, how often are you gonna use it? And when you do, how often will you need the little extra line speed? Winching is supposed to be a slow, careful process. Your truck isn't a comp buggy.
needless to say, I was plowin the lake bed.
I eventually needed another 20,000lbs of winch to finally pull me out but the smitty got me most of the way.
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ive used my xrc8 alot also. great winch no complains... though if ur gona use it on heavy mud id recomend to drill in a breather and put it as far up as u can and seal the hell out of it. still getting mud out of it..
the winch out of factory came without 1 of the carbon springs... (3 out of 4 only) so it should work a hell lot better after.
but u can get a normal one 300$ or ur getting the one that comes with the synthetic rope?
the winch out of factory came without 1 of the carbon springs... (3 out of 4 only) so it should work a hell lot better after.
but u can get a normal one 300$ or ur getting the one that comes with the synthetic rope?
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If i was going with Smitty i was gonna get the synthetic rope line. The winch bumper im getting is a decent weight so i wanna keep the weight as low as possible so with that line it should only be 65lb winch... the warn is an 80lb winch. I hope i dont have to use it that much... but its there if i need it.
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