Ridge Rider (Supercheap) Winch any good?

No such animal. Haha - I'll have to pop around and show you Martyn, yeah high mount all right - I sort of feel like it's sticking out and up like a honeymoon dick - a bit embarressing really:)

the 50mm ruling is paraphrased thusly.

a 50mm tube is to be rolled along the vehicle, any protrusion that contacts above the centerline is considered not roadworthy.

fortunately, Series rovers and some counties do not require to be compliant with this rule because of their age,

Thanks Dave, but mine's a 96 Def so they'll probably nab me for it sometime but plenty of cops have had a gander at it and not worried so if necessary I'll just take it off for a rego check. Anyway, sorry for highjacking the thread guys but I'm still happy with the $400 supercheap winch anyway. The RTA rules are really quite strict - have a look at the rules regarding tyre sizes and most people will be shocked at how little variation from standard is allowed.

ok.. my Gf has been asking what i would like for my birthday.. with a super cheap cat in my hand i pointed to one of these .. thinking i did not wish her to blow to much money on me.. then when i got the chance i searched the reviews.. so now you guys have a new member here and reading this and a few others talking about the same winch.. i am happy to let her buy one of these ..thank you guys for this info :)

Ive had both the 9500lb adn 12000lb Ride Ryder Winches, not one issue with either, the 9500lb stayed on an old 4WD when I sold it, and the 12000lb replaced a 9000lb Tigerz11 2 speed that burnt out, the 12000lb never missed a beat nor did the 9500lb ride ryder. the solenoids are rubish though, i kept mine high and dry for the 9500lb and had no issues, the 12000lb though copped a little water and died almost instantly! replaced it with the solenoid from the 9000ln 2 speed Tigerz and had no further issues,

after upgrading to the Defender I have not yet fitted a winch, though I have rebuilt the 1200lb ridge ryder with the 2 speed gearbox off the 9000lb Tigerz11 winch. it moves fast as hell in high speed and crawls slow as slow gets in low speed, cant wait to have it fitted so I can top snatching mates out (I hate snatching, I would rather dig a car out of the sand or mud than snatch it!)

after stripping the 1200lb appart i was pleased with the amount of grease and sealing it had, I added a small amount more, if nothing else only to replace what I had removed during teh strip and rebuild with the 2 speed gearbox. Quality seems to be up there with most others I have rebuilt for friends. (other chinese brands, i.e. ironman/monster/maxiwhateveritis from repco)

my 2c

Leroy

we had one of these on my old mans nissan patrol when we did the canning stock route, and i bogged it deep. we burnt this out trying to dead weight pull his patrol out
. Finally jacked it high enough that the winch started pulling and we got it out (4hrs later). All the water that got in did not get out and after pulling it apart 4 times and seeing all the rust, ordering a new control unit as we fried the last one when the water shorted it out and cutting all the cables to make it work, super cheap still honoured the warranty on it and replaced it with a complete new unit (which we are taking to cape this year). At a good price they are worth it if they only save you twice.