Thread: Low mount winch, 9000lb, recomendations

Originally Posted by 999

I bought one for $469aud 2 weeks ago and had it delivered to an address in the states (I'll be over there in 2 months time and I'll bring it back in my luggage)

They are heavy - that could cost you a LOT in excess baggage fees.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Where can they be purchased from that they will freight them?

4wheelparts.com I phoned them up and spoke to one of the sales reps.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

They are heavy - that could cost you a LOT in excess baggage fees.

Yeh 34kg. I plan to remove the cable 7kg , motor ?kg I should be able to post them or split it in to my luggage,

Personally with my winch I wanted something thast was reliable and due to the way they get treated, serviceable.... anywhere.

There is one "cheap" brand that gets quite a few rave reviews for their after sale support.... regularly sending new motors to customers no questions asked. It's great there after sales service is so great, but that doesn't help you get home.

Any winch can fail, and the most common cause is lack of use/incorrect maintenance. (often washed with fresh water and no cable run out and back in again to put some heat through it and dry it out)

I bought the Ironman Monster 9500 ( Ironman 4x4 Monster Winch ) from Repco Auto Parts (it had to be ordered in on Monday and arrived this morning). It has a 3 year warranty, and Repco's are everywhere. Can get spare parts for it from Ironman. It's sold as being waterproof, so no warranty issues for using in the water (the Repco Maxitrac one warranty is void if used in mud or water apparently). Came with a damper too and wireless remote (but the wireless remote is not waterproof). Also pretty happy with the units weight, I picked the box up and was pleasantly surprised. Paid $780.00 (which includes $10.00 freight charge for ordering it in), which is $30.00 more than eBay, but got it local, it's still $20.00 under the newly dropped retail price.

Glad it's lighter... makes getting it to the car easier.... Of course the easiest way to lighten, and make the winch motor cheaper is cut out the amount of copper used.

The motor is "waterproofed" not the same as waterproof. "waterproofed" means steps have been taken to reduce water ingress. Ironman don't claim it is waterproof... for very good reason. The gearbox and brake are not waterproof, like almost all winches.

Repco sell the winch, and are almost everywhere... as they don't sell the parts (if available) not sure how that helps you out when it fails.

Hope it does the job for you

A winch is a freaking starter motor, a metal stick, a round metal drum and a small gearbag...

In all honesty most Warns (M8s, M9s, M10s, 9XPs) have crap "waterproofing", some other brands have good "waterproofing".
Your landy starter motor has minimal if any "waterproofing".

What kills winches is NOT using them... if you only started the landy once a year but then dragged it through mud/water and slop it probably would rust and seize up the starter motor.

Use it or service it - two options peoples. A cheap winch often serviced will easily outlive a neglected expensive unit.

I like my Tigerz, have killed a solenoid set but the motor keeps going round and the gears haven't stripped yet.

S

Fitted my Ironman Monster winch to the front:







Had to cut a hole in the top of the front steering protection in order to access the gearbox lever:



Connected to my second battery setup with an isolator switch:

Why not just rotate the gearbox so you can reach it from the top? If your bogged your not going to want to have to dig around under there to spool out the winch.

You will also want to wire it up to your main battery rather than your auxillary. You want to keep the power up to it, higher voltage = less amp draw.