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Winches
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:56 pm
by twiss
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
Champion C8000S - £240
Champion C9500 EWX - £355
WINCHMAX 13000 lb - £240
KEW 9000LB - £300
Superwinch LP10000 - £350
Superwinch LP8500 - £300
Re: Winches
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:22 am
by ScottieJ
Ooooohh I like that short drum champion, how much winch rope does it hold?
Winchmax are a bit crap!
Re: Winches
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:28 am
by twiss
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
Re: Winches
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:59 pm
by ROBBIE
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
Re: Winches
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:03 pm
by ROBBIE
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
Re: Winches
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:14 pm
by twiss
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
Re: Winches
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:16 pm
by xiztrn
That should do the trick
Re: Winches
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:49 pm
by turbo-tom
or this
Re: Winches
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:53 pm
by twiss
Winch the HMS Ark Royal out of the sea? No problem!
Oh wait, they've already done that
Re: Winches
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:05 pm
by turbo-tom
more like HMS Ark Royal will be winching you out the sea