Winches for dummies

[bigwapitijohnny]

My previous winch was a 9.5 ti for my 4runner. It was a great winch with no problems with reliability. However, I did note some of the powder coating chipping off after awhile. Warn paid to ship it back to them, refurbed it and sent it back. They even threw in a winch bag for the trouble...

I had the 4runner for about 3 years and needed my winch 2x. I feel as though it paid for itself considering how much it would have been to get it towed...Since my 'need' for a winch is minimal compared to others, I am going to go with the VR series winch this time. The warranty for the VR series is the exact same for their premium offerings. Good luck with your decision, you cannot go wrong with Warn winches...

Regards,

BWJ

[jacksonbase]

Go with a warn. I think I have had 20 to 30 trucks with winches over the years. The ones with warns -8000lb to 12,000 -never gave me any problems and I absolutely abused them when they were needed. Ramseys always gave me solinoid problems . The cheap ones are really hit or miss. They sometimes don't even work right out of the box. The last winch I sold(warn) the buyer expressed "After getting my jeep stuck in front of a crowd of about 30 friend I hook up my new (cheap) 8k winch and it pulls me about 2 ft before it died" He said he would never buy another cheap winch again.

[Texan1983]

had a warn m8000 for alot of years and on a few differents trucks. worked awesome...

That being said, I tried an engo e12000 on my truck... no reason a new company cant have a chance, and they look like they have something here... give them a call, great customer service goes a long way and they have the tests to prove their winches. Never got that feeling from warn.

[FishAll50]

I've had a Warn X9000i on my Wrangler for over 10 years with no problems. I need one for my truck as I start using the truck more off-road - I will prob. get a receiver mount and just transfer it between the Jeep and truck(s) as needed.

LIVEanimals - nice find on the Warn bumper.

Warn reps - thanks for sponsoring this forum and not using it as a means to talk against competitors when winch talk starts. I've seen other forums (not EP) where mfg reps (not Warn) showed their bias.

[JSTANN]

I heard warn is built in china now

[LIVEanimals]

I heard warn is built in china now

Well, we've heard straight from Andy from Warn that they are still built in OR, but I have heard that some parts are sourced from outside countries. They still go through the same tests as they always have.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Assembled here...just like Toyota or Honda.