Winch

[BOB-CAT]

I need some help this time, I am looking at National tire & wheel and they have a RAMSEY REP8000E or a MILE MARKER E8000 for $399 bucks what do you think good or bad ? It is for my TOY

 

[chuck]

last time I look the mile marker e9000 was 420.00

 

[RockMonkey]

Don't know much about MileMarker, but I would avoid the Ramsey like the plague...

 

[shmoesmith]

I think milemarker is what the army uses.....

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by shmoesmith
I think milemarker is what the army uses.....

Hydraulic, and those are marginal at best as well... they may work fine on an Army application (with a pump designed for the purpose)... but using your steering pump to run your winch... nada...

 

[BBowski82]

milemarker makes and electric winch too though, I have a friend that runs one on his CJ7 and has had really good luck. They aren't the prettiest, but they seem to work.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by BBowski82
milemarker makes and electric winch too though...

Yeah, they have the 3k, 8k, 9k, 12k... but the Army hasn't ever and will never use those.... I'm not a big fan of them, sold a few years back...cheap.

Funny though... we did an exo-cage and some other misc stuff on a HUGE 4dr Unimog.... he had us mount an 12K electric winch he got off the internet... the thing looked like total Harbor Freight material.... but he and all his Mog buddies swore by them... saw him a year later down in Moab and he still said it was a great winch. I guess sometimes cheaper is better...

 

[Shawn]

I just got the 9000# one It does look like it was made cheep..

I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for. Exspecially when your hanging on a wall supported by a $300.00 winch

 

[WJL]

WARN WARN .................................WARN














































GO WARN

 

[mbryson]

You can get a Warn M8000 for a deal. Call SixStates, they had them on special a while ago....

 

[BOB-CAT]

Thanks. How much are the WARN 8000 or 9000 ? Six states is the place to pick them up ?

 

[Skyetone]

Originally posted by Shawn
I just got the 9000# one It does look like it was made cheep..

I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for. Exspecially when your hanging on a wall supported by a $300.00 winch

Good point there boss
A ramsey 9 or the milemarker?

Everyone says cheep this and that, but what ACTUALLY goes wrong if a winch goes bad? Cable break? Fire? what?

 

[robrocketanski]

my father-in-law's trailer has a superwinch 4500 on it and it has sat outside for 2 yrs and done alot of pulling. granted not the same as being on a trail rig but it has seen some abuse.

it is definitley cheap but still works. the cover for the cable is gone, the big 's' is gone, the case came apart alttle. but it still works. i think i would be comfortable w/ a 400 dollar ramsey. i would consider that better than the superwinch but still not much money.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Originally posted by Skyetone

Good point there boss
A ramsey 9 or the milemarker?

Everyone says cheep this and that, but what ACTUALLY goes wrong if a winch goes bad? Cable break? Fire? what?

Motor burns up while your 1/2 up on a nasty hill... can ruin your battery or other electrical parts... Cable's are all pretty much the same...

 

[RockMonkey]

Burned out motors, burned out solenoids, broken pins on the control plug... Ramsey's suck, buy a Warn.

 

[BOB-CAT]

Thanks for the help.
6 states has 9 warn M8000 left for $558 out the door .

 

[RockMonkey]

I think that's a waaaay better option than the Ramseys and Milemarkers. I'm try'n to remember what I paid for my HS9500i, it was either just under 700 or just under 800.

 

[Hickey]

go warn

 

[BOB-CAT]

If you add up shipping its only a $100 more to get the WARN and 6 states has them in stock .

 

[Greg]

Originally posted by BOB-CAT
If you add up shipping its only a $100 more to get the WARN and 6 states has them in stock .

That's the way to do it.