Winch 101...What size sufficient? Warn 8274

[camok5]

I second that because I work with Cam and he really knows his stuff and he likes the 8274.

 

[Emmettology 101]

I see alot of good things about the 8274(and 8274-50) here and elsewhere. I dont think you can go wrong with that winch...

On my 82 and 86 K5, I had an HS9500i... It was very fast and pulled very hard!!!! If I get another it will either be one of those or the new 9.5ti. Nothing against 8274, the 9500's are usually a little cheaper...

I'll try and find a pic I have. Not long after I got my winch a friend of mine in a CJ5 got stuck in a mud hole. I had to hook two fullsize trucks behind me and block all of our wheels and my Warn still pulled all three of us to the CJ5.. After about a foot though the 3 trucks grabbed traction and pulling the Heep out!

 

[MTMike]

This thread makes me happy.

I picked up a motorless 8274 for $75 a month ago. Found a motor on eBay for $150, and the rest of the parts (drive gear, bearing, etc) for another $60. Basically for under $300, (from the sounds of this thread) I have the best damn winch ever made.

 

[afroman006]

I bought a Warn 8274 for $500 and it came with a free CJ5 Renegade wrapped around it

 

[globaljames]

Hoss AZ Good deal on the rope

check out hunter off road . www.hunteroffroad.com In arizona. He has a navy equiv. of the master pull line. Thats where I got mine for 1/4 the price or so. Equal specs. Also a tip... go to larada's surplus and score some 1 inch tube webbing. You can feed the line through that if you have concerns about abrasion.

 

[garlicbreath]

I have a question about the size of an 8274, if you put it next to, say a ramsey pro plus 9000 and looked at them sideways, which one is thicker? I built a hidden mount for my proplus that tucks it behind the grill of my 71 k5, I have the height to spare, but it's tight front to back.

 

[nvrenuf]

If you poke around on Warn's web site you'll find the dimensions of the winch (I found it when designing a bumper w/ DP_90K5). If I remember correctly my 8274 is about 10" deep from front to back - it's big.

 

[nvrenuf]

I found it - http://www.warn.com/truck/winches/src/M8274-50.shtml

I was close... 8.5" deep per the dims written below the winch diagram.

 

[skelly1]

with a snatch block on the 8274 you get a 16,000 pound winch thats the same speed as most planetary winches

yunit is right, my 8274 pulled my loaded truck up quite a hill a bit faster than my old man's hs9500 pulled his wrangler up the same hill

This is an old post, but I did a search for my winch research. What is a snatch block?

 

[tarussell]

This is an old post, but I did a search for my winch research. What is a snatch block?

For a good picture go to the Warn web site that NVERNUF posted and go to the winching techniques part.

A "snatch block" is slang for a load block that consist of a pulley/sheave that allows the cable to double back and be used in a basket fashion. It allows the winch to increase its pulling power but at the sacrifice of line speed.

Tom

 

[rdn2blazer]

thanks kid, now I know which winch to make winch my bumpers fit. I was going to do this same thread, thanks.