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Winches

Post by twiss » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:56 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a relatively budget winch... this is my list so far...

Ideally I'm looking to spend £300... but I can stretch a little bit ;)

opinions/recommendations?

Champion C9500SD Short Drum - £360

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Champion C8000S - £240

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Champion C9500 EWX - £355

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WINCHMAX 13000 lb - £240

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KEW 9000LB - £300

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Superwinch LP10000 - £350

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Superwinch LP8500 - £300

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Re: Winches

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:22 am

Ooooohh I like that short drum champion, how much winch rope does it hold?

Winchmax are a bit crap!
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Re: Winches

Post by twiss » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:28 am

The short drum holds about 15m... the larger ones have 30m-ish
I could get a 15m strop ;)

Is plasma rope smaller when wrapped around a drum?
Maybe I could get more length that way
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Re: Winches

Post by ROBBIE » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:59 pm

twiss a mate of mines got plasma on his and you can get more on the drum
ive got a champion 6000lb (i now a 9000 would probably been better, but it means i dont have to rescue bland r****s) its been a few years now and ive had no probs with it so i recomend them
the son-in -laws got 1 aswell and no probs there either
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Re: Winches

Post by ROBBIE » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:03 pm

i say i dont have to rescue those things but 1 time i had to pull a bloke out of a river and the winch got the both of out at the same time
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Re: Winches

Post by twiss » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:14 pm

Well I've heard some bad things about winchmax and superwinch....
James may managed to break his on top gear with a couple of bumps!

I like the Champion C9500 Short drum, looks really good but I think it would look silly on my bumper
I think I will be going for the Champion C9500 EWX... 30m cable to begin with... much faster than the superwinches as well

Then at a later date I will put a short drum one in the back ;)
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Re: Winches

Post by xiztrn » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:16 pm

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That should do the trick ;)
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Re: Winches

Post by turbo-tom » Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:49 pm

or this ;) Image
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Re: Winches

Post by twiss » Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:53 pm

Winch the HMS Ark Royal out of the sea? No problem!

Oh wait, they've already done that :lol:
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Re: Winches

Post by turbo-tom » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:05 pm

more like HMS Ark Royal will be winching you out the sea ;)
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