Advice on best winch for a grand or less

[campfire]

I think I remember something about him being pulled out of a big mud hole/puddle last summer



Isn't too hard to think a small puddle is just that, until you drive in and realize the guy before you had 44"s

Yep, that's exactly what prompted this train of thought. But IIRC I was pulled out by a 6000-pound winch mounted to a JK (might have been 8k?). But it wasn't huge, I remember that much.

Not saying I need to copy the Jeep guys, just that I'm new to this schtuff. I'm upgrading from a come-along with an 18" handle, so I think most anything will be a step up.

 

[campfire]

I think I remember something about him being pulled out of a big mud hole/puddle last summer



Isn't too hard to think a small puddle is just that, until you drive in and realize the guy before you had 44"s

To be fair, it was a water hole, and none of it stuck to the truck. It came out of the hole cleaner than it had entered:

It's as close to mud as I would like to get (), but it was an easier extraction than if I had actually buried it. So planning for worse would probably be prudent.

 

[campfire]

He was lost

That's S.O.P. around here, eh?

 

[rampage]

If you don’t mind using extra line and a slower pull then use a snatch block to turn your 6k winch into a 12k winch, or two blocks for a 18k. Line length would doubled/tripled and speed would be halved/third though.

 

[RootBreaker]

subbed...

I had the ramsey patriot 15k and never used it.. went to use it one day (not a stuck)... and it wasn't working. took motor apart and water got in and corroded the motor. wire wheeled it and it worked but not great. Sold winch and guy had to replace the motor (of course I split the $200 replacement cost with him)

 

[RootBreaker]

A 6000# truck stuck in 1' deep Mud can be more like a 9000# truck to extract

my truck is 6108lbs in it with 1/2 tank in 1 tank and me .....
I was stuck and not running.. took 3 trucks.. 2 diesels and 1 big block to get me out... oh and 5 hours !!!!!!!!!!!!!

so I was suction cupped in mud and broke and thank goodness.. another 5ft and it dropped to where a truck on 54s buried himself!!!! I didn't know that at the time.

fyi - my bumper is 3ft off the ground... and my xfer case is slammed into the peanut butter mud... wedged in and suction cupped in. slippery stuff here...

 

[shady]

If you don’t mind using extra line and a slower pull then use a snatch block to turn your 6k winch into a 12k winch, or two blocks for a 18k. Line length would doubled/tripled and speed would be halved/third though.

See I was gonna suggest that but I couldn't think of what it was called.....

I kept coming up with 'Chastity Belt' but knew that wasn't quite right

 

[blazinzuk]

My 2 cents. You don't buy a winch for mildly stuck. You buy a winch for the well mine as well just commit the truck back to mother Earth stuck.

So buy big. Little mud puddles can be tricky. Soft bottom and your truck (@campfire ) suction of mud etc you'll be glad you spent the money on a big winch.

I have seen a couple stock trucks stuck in what looked like nothing, stall a 8k lb winch, my 15k winch just laughed a bit ( after we anchored me) and sucked him out.

Winches like air compressors and welders buy as big as possible.

 

[rampage]

See I was gonna suggest that but I couldn't think of what it was called.....

I kept coming up with 'Chastity Belt' but knew that wasn't quite right

Chastity belts are the smaller version.

 

[RootBreaker]

Chastity belts are the smaller version.

 

[diesel4me]

On another forum I belong to ,they delete certain words they consider unfit for a "family forum",so it was difficult for me to explain to someone how a snatch block can be used to increase the pulling power of a winch..evidently snatch is a dirty word in their opinion..
After several attempts ,I had to give up and write "snitch block" instead--they let that one slide!..

 

[sweetk30]

@diesel4me I don't see the problem . you said snatch block . . . not snatch box

 

[rampage]

@diesel4me . . . not snatch box

That’d be redundant

 

[campfire]

You guys are so busy pulling out that you forgot the purpose of the thread...

 

[shady]

The purpose of the thread is to derail and pull back on track randomly and off n' on for the next ten years like every other thread on here ... How do you think they stay interesting lol

 

[campfire]

My 2 cents. You don't buy a winch for mildly stuck. You buy a winch for the well mine as well just commit the truck back to mother Earth stuck.

So buy big. Little mud puddles can be tricky. Soft bottom and your truck (@campfire ) suction of mud etc you'll be glad you spent the money on a big winch.

I have seen a couple stock trucks stuck in what looked like nothing, stall a 8k lb winch, my 15k winch just laughed a bit ( after we anchored me) and sucked him out.

Winches like air compressors and welders buy as big as possible.

Ok... Warn charges twice for their fancy brand name. Any merit to this? I know HF winches are worthless, but was a little surprised to see folks pushing the Chinese VR-series instead of the American M-series winches. The price difference isn't that much...

 

[campfire]

The purpose of the thread is to derail and pull back on track randomly and off n' on for the next ten years like every other thread on here ... How do you think they stay interesting lol

 

[shady]

I've heard nothing but good stuff about the VRs. Even being chinese built they would have to pass Warns quality standards for that line

 

[mrk5]

I posted early I have Tabor which used to be Warn's value line. 12K rated and it's never let me down. If I was buying again I'd look at the VR. Although I'd like to go 16K+ now.

 

[blazinzuk]

Smittybilt winches.

Know several guys with em. Work just fine