Thread: The Right Winch

Mike,

The Warn XD9000 and the old XD9000i (bridged) are under most circumstances sufficient (never found a situation where they even strained) and Warn's 9500 lbs winches are superb.

IMO you won't go wrong if you are prepared for the outlay.

If you are really that stuck there is always the option to uncouple, recover the car and then nice a gently recover the trailer with the winch itself. The stress on the front of the chassis above that would be concerning in any case.

Cheers,

Lou

The 9500's are an ideal mating to a defender chassis.

Don't forget also about the option of double line pulls if you can't safely unhitch. Just make sure you have 1 or 2 solid anchor points on the front bar.

There is a similar thread elsewhere on here from last week I think that discussed something similar.


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Thanks lads. I suspected so!
WARN 9500 is advertised at about $1800.

Haven't seen it much better than that??
(Not interested in importing from US etc etc).

Mike

Originally Posted by mike_beecham

Thanks lads. I suspected so!
WARN 9500 is advertised at about $1800.

Haven't seen it much better than that??
(Not interested in importing from US etc etc).

Mike

Hi Mike,

I'm in the process of winch purchasing at the moment for my 110. I'm going with the Smittybuilt X20 10,000lb with rope. It is new on the market and looked long and hard before deciding about this one. The selling point that got me was the water resistance and UV treated rope. A trusted friend at ARB pointed me in the direction of the Smittybuilt.

Prior to that I was going to go with the Warn Magnum 10K. The Smittybuilt is $1100.00 from memory. I think an extra $200-$300 to have it installed. I wish I had it on the car already so I could comment on the performance. Install date is the 9th of next month.

Cheers,

Danial.

Would like to look into these - but can not seem to find anyone selling them Victoria?

Mike

Don't forget the reliable old Tirfor!! Can be used anywhere, front, back, left, right... Portable etc etc... Great when you've dropped your vehicle on its side in a forestry track somewhere and are alone!!!! These nice big electric winches are the first thing to end up a foot under water or buried in a bank that you have just driven into!! not only that, the Tirfor sits on the shelf at home when you are back from the trip saving fuel!! I know they are slow and involve effort, but that makes you think twice before driving into that bog!!! Just my 2 cents worth! $400 will buy you a nice one with the correct cable, a strap and pulley block. Good luck with your choice. You can't go wrong with a Warn either way!!

Gumtree advert no 1013592548 Tirfor T- 516. This is what I have and use with a Fender 130..

Originally Posted by mike_beecham

Would like to look into these - but can not seem to find anyone selling them Victoria?

Mike

Hi again Mike,

Did you try your nearest ARB store? If not see if they can help.

Cheers,

Danial.

Just finished turning myself inside out re which winch- ended up going with a Warn XP9.5 with wire rope.

Hasn't been used in anger yet so nothing meaningful to report,other than the overall quality looks good.

The other winch on my list was the Mako Avenger - gets good reports, doesn't have drum heating issues and is a good price too.