Winches

[Piddler]

Hi, was looking at this below winch on Ebay does any one have any experience with them and will they fit a TJM steel bar?

cheers
Piddler

BRAND NEW 12000lb ELECTRIC WINCH (5440kg)
GREAT GIFT IDEA FOR 4WD ENTHUSIASTS!!!

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Bogs and mountainous terrain are no competition for this fabulous 12000lb electric winch. With a great overload capacity and very good practicability, this fabulous winch will get you out of trouble in no time. Use it when four wheel driving, with your trailer or your boat and you can be sure you have bought one of the highest quality winches around!!!


MAIN FEATURES:

Single line rated pull: 12000lb(5440kg)

Motor: 6.0hp/4.5kw, 12V DC Series Wound　

Gear reduction ratio: 265.2:1

Control: Remote switch,12ft(3.7m)lead

Gear train: 3 Stage Planetary

Clutch: Sliding Ring Gear

Braking Action: Automatic In-The-Drum

Overall dimension:(LWH)21.3"6.3"8.6"

(552160218mm)

Mounting Bolt Pattern: 10.000.015 4.500.010(254114.3mm)

Drum size: Diameter 2.52(64mm) Length 8.82(224mm)

Cable length: 88ft of 3/8 diameter (27m of 9.5mm diameter)

Battery: Recommended:650CCA minimum for winching

Battery Leads: 2 gauge,72"(1.83m)

Fairlead: 4-Way Roller Fairlead

Packing: a piece to a brown carton

N.W./G.W.: 42/46kg

Packing size: 61x19.5x46cm

Accessories included: remote switch, control box, hook and roller fairlead

Complies with EMC regulations

Complies with strict European regulations (CE)
NOTE:
No winch should be run continuously. To safeguard your winch when using it to pull your vehicle from either dry bogs or wet bogs you should run it for 10 or 15 seconds at a time. Never try to pull the vehicle out in one go as this can overheat the winch and damage it. Used correctly these winches will last a lifetime.

(LD12000)

[DiscoTDI]

As long as you have a winch bar there should not be a problem, as for the quality of that particular winch, no idea

[RichardK]

Originally posted by Piddler

NOTE:
No winch should be run continuously. To safeguard your winch when using it to pull your vehicle from either dry bogs or wet bogs you should run it for 10 or 15 seconds at a time. Never try to pull the vehicle out in one go as this can overheat the winch and damage it. Used correctly these winches will last a lifetime.

(LD12000)

That's one of the reasons I prefer the hydraulic winch, they can run continuously. I assisted someone who had an electric winch to retrieve a Toyota with a collapsed suspension from a track out of a gully, took us 3 hours to get him 30 metres..........all the winch would do was overheat after a few seconds and we had to wait for it to cool down.
Having said that I have also been involved in lenty of winch recoveries that weren't so difficult and the electrics handled them OK