So. On extreme terrain, there is a redrock 12k winch on sale right now for $250. Wondering if anyone has any experience with these winches. I'm sure it's a Chinese made junker at that price.
Ty for the name change. Lol, was eating lunch when I posted it a few minutes ago. I do have a Badlands that I was going to toss on my tow trailer, and I'm pretty sure the winch on my jeep is currently a Badlands. So old and sunfaded there's not much way to tell. Other than the deteriorating rubber caps for the cable hookups. Tell tale sign of a Chinese junker.At that price it is indeed a Chinese junker. Probably very similar to the Harbor Freight Badlands winch (which from the people I know who have those, only last about 6 months before they break completely).
Ty for the name change. Lol, was eating lunch when I posted it a few minutes ago. I do have a Badlands that I was going to toss on my tow trailer, and I'm pretty sure the winch on my jeep is currently a Badlands. So old and sunfaded there's not much way to tell. Other than the deteriorating rubber caps for the cable hookups. Tell tale sign of a Chinese junker.
I'll probably end up getting a warn, but the price tag oof. I read somewhere on this forum yesterday, the saying "do it once and be done for a long time"
I like that.
Yeah, I don't want to swap winches all the time. Just seems like el hassle to me.I know a guy with a Badlands winch who does a lot of off-roading. He said he has been through 4 of them in a year.
Yeah, I don't want to swap winches all the time. Just seems like el hassle to me.
Unless you have a very basic bumper, then it might be. But with a pretty basic bumper, it's actually pretty easy to swap them out.
Still, I wouldn't want to do that
Especially if the time you realize you need a swap is in BFE and your only hope of getting out is said winch.
"Yeah I got me one of dem Chinese winches, ya know, I went ahead and bought two, at half the cost of ONE of these murican ones. So I got me a backup when it breaks"Especially if the time you realize you need a swap is in BFE and your only hope of getting out is said winch.
They might do the same thing, but they do it more than once...I can't imagine paying twice as much for a winch that does the same thing, but that's just me.
There was a tiny tiny Gap on the two at the bottom I'm thinking because there was only one bolt holding it together.I a winch has ever seen water, the inside of the motor will look like that. I have yet to see one that's painted on the inside. The motor on my 8274 is only held on by 2 screws as well...
The brushes look like they're hung up too. They should spring out a lot farther than that.