Warn VR8 winch

Boomer453 said:
at bass pro shop today and they had a warn VR8 on the shelf, I realize its at the bottom end of warn's lineup but they had it priced at $274. When I look online it seems to run in the mid 400's so I took a chance.
Hoping I got a deal.
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One of the main benefits of Warn's winches besides their quality is their post sales support. They'll carry spare parts for that VR8 for more years than you'll probably have a need for them. I'd definitely take that over any of the other Chinese winches like Smittybilt, Badlands, etc.
 
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You did get a deal, I think there's another thread about that deal via the online store. It sold out quick but before it did it made at least a couple of Jeepers happy. It's always fun to see what's on the clearance shelf.
 
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Yeah, you scored. I jumped on the online deal @pagrey mentioned and they sent me an ATV winch instead of the VR8. Of course when I called to let them know they were out of the VR8. Son of a....!
 
Good deal. I nabbed one online and it's in the mail and should be here Tuesday (hoping it's not the ATV winch, or broken).
 
fooey said:
Did you get a tracking number? If so, check the weight. Mine was like 30 lbs which was my first clue something wasn’t right.
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Yeah, it’s 71 lbs so I’m pretty confident they sent the correct winch. Just hoping it’s in good shape.
 
I have this winch. Honestly I am not tremendously impressed. The vast majority of my cable pulling days has been with 3/4 K winches on quads. I honestly wouldn't go under 9500 lbs on a TJ( If you wheel it alot) I believe this is a fairly light duty winch. I was stuck in fairly heavy wet snow, The winch wouldn't even budge the Jeep. I was later pulled out, But don't leave home without a snatch block if you go this route. JMHO.
 
Used it the other day to pull part of an oak tree off a trail, maybe a 2 ton pull and it did fine.
For 280 bucks I'm not expecting world class performance but i think it will do for my needs (hopefully).
 
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