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Car Forum / Jeep / February 2006What Size Winch For TJ
Hi, I am looking to fit a winch to my TJ in the near future, can anyone give me an idea of what sort of poundage for pulling am I looking at. Cheers Nick The minimum recommended is 8,000 lbs though most of us go with 9,000 or 9,500 capacity (at most). The reason for that is the larger winches have more reserve capacity and draw significantly fewer amperes at a given load than a smaller size winch does. In typical heavy loads, a larger winch can draw up to 100 amps LESS than a smaller winch! Jerry > Hi, > I am looking to fit a winch to my TJ in the near future, can anyone > give me an idea of what sort of poundage for pulling am I looking at. > > Cheers > Nick  SignatureJerry Bransford PP-ASEL N6TAY See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ Thanks I will start producing a short list then go looking for reviews of the various winches. Cheers Nick >The minimum recommended is 8,000 lbs though most of us go with 9,000 or >9,500 capacity (at most). The reason for that is the larger winches [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> Cheers >> Nick Mile Marker did a head to head test with several other big name winch manufacturers and offers the results on a video free of charge from their web site. http://www.milemarker.com/video.html My first expectation was that Mile Marker Winches would always come out first in the various tests.... after all it is their advertising video. However that was not the case. The video shows not only the results of the testing but how the testing was actually done. They did offer some interesting observations on Warn Wire Ropes. The conclusion from the testing company is available on-line but the video demonstration is so much more effective. If you want to read, online, the 23 page report: http://www.winchtest.com/1.html Disclaimer: I don't work for, with or own a mile marker winch. The only consideration I have received was I sent for this free CD last year when I had interest researching what was out there and I came across this information. > Thanks I will start producing a short list then go looking for reviews > of the various winches. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >>> Cheers >>> Nick http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Recovery/ > Hi, > I am looking to fit a winch to my TJ in the near future, can anyone > give me an idea of what sort of poundage for pulling am I looking at. > > Cheers > Nick When looking at winches I highly recommend staying away from the bargain basement winches you'll find say at harbor freight, etc. for a couple hundred dollars. They will not hold up and last. I would recommend that you go with one on the major lines for the support and availability of parts for repair. The larger brands are Warn, Ramsey and SuperWinch. I personally like Warn the best, but I've heard some good things about SuperWinch from others. As far as MileMarker and T-Max goes, they are both made in China and I understand that it can be difficult to obtain parts for making repairs. NT > Hi, > I am looking to fit a winch to my TJ in the near future, can anyone > give me an idea of what sort of poundage for pulling am I looking at. > > Cheers > Nick > When looking at winches I highly recommend staying away from the bargain > basement winches you'll find say at harbor freight, etc. for a couple [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Cheers > > Nick Get a minimum of 8000 lb pulling power. I thought it was only the electric MileMarkers that were Chinese ? Aren't the hydraulic ones American ? Dave Milne, Scotland > > As far as MileMarker and T-Max goes, they are both made in China and I > > understand that it can be difficult to obtain parts for making repairs. > > > > NT I would say you're right on the hydraulic, as Milemaker has a U.S. of A. Military contact for them. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > I thought it was only the electric MileMarkers that were Chinese ? Aren't > the hydraulic ones American ? > > Dave Milne, Scotland Correct. Milemarker's electric winches are imported from China but their hydraulic winches are made here in the U.S. > I thought it was only the electric MileMarkers that were Chinese ? Aren't > the hydraulic ones American ? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>> >>>NT SignatureJerry Bransford PP-ASEL N6TAY See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ |
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