Winch choice help

Orch · Dec 30, 2014

£449 on amazon for steel rope, plus I've got a £20 amazon voucher to use up so effectively £429

Morganholidayman · Dec 30, 2014

Billyjack, you Lycky B.......Jack

warrior · Dec 30, 2014

Personally if buy a used warn 8274 but there a bit more than that, start at around £600 upto 2.5/3k, difference been there's a reason there worth so much and it will still be worth that in 10 years time

blackstrat · Dec 30, 2014

Depends how often you anticipate using a winch really.. a Chinese copy will get you out of trouble a fair few times and is far less theft-worthy..

warrior · Dec 30, 2014

blackstrat said:
Depends how often you anticipate using a winch really.. a Chinese copy will get you out of trouble a fair few times and is far less theft-worthy..

Yes this is true but I often go to a local pay and play site and says do u need a tow? Nope I've got a winch is the most common reply, 10 min later they will find me and say " can we have a tow please our winch has stopped working,"

Also the speed of an 8274 of ur the inpatient type,

This is mine winching a fellow Lz member cough cough mudmuppet out of a hole after killing his disco

blackstrat · Dec 30, 2014

warrior said:
Yes this is true but I often go to a local pay and play site and says do u need a tow? Nope I've got a winch is the most common reply, 10 min later they will find me and say " can we have a tow please our winch has stopped working,"

Also the speed of an 8274 of ur the inpatient type,

This is mine winching a fellow Lz member cough cough mudmuppet out of a hole after killing his disco

I wasn't there obviously.. but wouldn't it have been easier to pull that yellow Disco out backwards with a strap..?

200tdi ayre · Dec 30, 2014

warrior said:
Yes this is true but I often go to a local pay and play site and says do u need a tow? Nope I've got a winch is the most common reply, 10 min later they will find me and say " can we have a tow please our winch has stopped working,"

Also the speed of an 8274 of ur the inpatient type,

This is mine winching a fellow Lz member cough cough mudmuppet out of a hole after killing his disco

Yep I was winching everything at the last playday including folk with their own winches because they broke/were about to break/ too slow/ not strong enough etc

And I wanted to play with it and truly test it out

Orch · Dec 31, 2014

I'd love an 8274, but don't think I can justify even second hand prices. The trouble is the more I increase my budget the closer I am to getting the 35s I want and not getting a winch at all lol

Although I could get the 35s and get a winch with the money from selling the 33s . .

Argh. Too many wants not enough money!

winchman · Dec 31, 2014

warrior said:
Personally if buy a used warn 8274 but there a bit more than that, start at around £600 upto 2.5/3k, difference been there's a reason there worth so much and it will still be worth that in 10 years time

I agree.
The 8274 is so simple it only has one bearing in it, its easy to fix, with a few simple DIY mods it should last for ever.
The down side is they are heavy and a target for theft

winchman · Dec 31, 2014

blackstrat said:
Depends how often you anticipate using a winch really.. a Chinese copy will get you out of trouble a fair few times and is far less theft-worthy..

Problem is some of the Chinese ones don't work and have poor parts availability, but if you buy one pay via credit card and use a known trader who carry's parts not some one from Ebay who has just imported a few to make a quick few quid

robbh · Dec 31, 2014

Orch said:
I'd love an 8274, but don't think I can justify even second hand prices. The trouble is the more I increase my budget the closer I am to getting the 35s I want and not getting a winch at all lol

Although I could get the 35s and get a winch with the money from selling the 33s . .

Argh. Too many wants not enough money!

I'd love an 8274 too, but.... I think they are ugly looking things. I may just go down the red winch route instead. (pornagraphic warning if you click the link

)
RED Winch Cobra, Low Line Winch, BOW2 Motor,

But that won't happen until I've got at least 35s and front and rear ash lockers.

So completely agree with the too many wants and not enough money bit.

winchman · Dec 31, 2014

robbh said:
I'd love an 8274 too, but.... I think they are ugly looking things. I may just go down the red winch route instead. (pornagraphic warning if you click the link)
RED Winch Cobra, Low Line Winch, BOW2 Motor,

But that won't happen until I've got at least 35s and front and rear ash lockers.

So completely agree with the too many wants and not enough money bit.

Now that looks nice!, but my LR cost half of that!

robbh · Dec 31, 2014

winchman said:
Now that looks nice!, but my LR cost half of that!

Mine cost a quarter of that.

But I've easily spent 2, maybe 3x that fixing it/modifying it..... Mostly fixing it.

I've got a pile of receipts but I'm scared to sit down and add it all up.

warrior · Dec 31, 2014

blackstrat said:
I wasn't there obviously.. but wouldn't it have been easier to pull that yellow Disco out backwards with a strap..?

No someone had tried to pull it backwards I think but the recovery points weren't upto it and came off, there was a fair step at the front and back

Orch · Dec 31, 2014

warrior said:
Yes this is true but I often go to a local pay and play site and says do u need a tow? Nope I've got a winch is the most common reply, 10 min later they will find me and say " can we have a tow please our winch has stopped working,"

Also the speed of an 8274 of ur the inpatient type,

This is mine winching a fellow Lz member cough cough mudmuppet out of a hole after killing his disco

is there supposed to be a video with this post? I thought it wasn't show on me phone but can't see anything on the computer either?

Orch · Dec 31, 2014

robbh said:
I'd love an 8274 too, but.... I think they are ugly looking things. I may just go down the red winch route instead. (pornagraphic warning if you click the link)
RED Winch Cobra, Low Line Winch, BOW2 Motor,

But that won't happen until I've got at least 35s and front and rear ash lockers.

So completely agree with the too many wants and not enough money bit.

Yeh already drooled over those and started plotting the bank job

warrior · Dec 31, 2014

Orch said:
is there supposed to be a video with this post? I thought it wasn't show on me phone but can't see anything on the computer either?

It's gone of some reason,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9wR_IviVcE0

Orch · Dec 31, 2014

warrior said:
It's gone of some reason,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9wR_IviVcE0

Ah nice!

Bennehboy · Dec 31, 2014

Orch, you could always do what I did and wait for a knackered Warn to come up on the bay then rebuild, you get to know how to strip and clean the winch in the process. I got my XD9000i for 80 odd quid, spent 150 on parts, 50 on paint and sundries, then about another 200 on synth line n bits...

Orch · Dec 31, 2014

Bennehboy said:
Orch, you could always do what I did and wait for a knackered Warn to come up on the bay then rebuild, you get to know how to strip and clean the winch in the process. I got my XD9000i for 80 odd quid, spent 150 on parts, 50 on paint and sundries, then about another 200 on synth line n bits...

Yeh I've been tempted by this mate, just worried I'll waste money and fail to repair it. Tinker time is very limited at the moment too. Will keep half an eye out for a bargain though

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