Thread: Winches

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

10 000 Pound minimum, 12 000 would be better.
Brand comes down to Budget. Top end you have the likes of Warn, Ramsey, Superwinch,
Then dropping to the likes of Runva, Novawin, Redwinch, OX Winch or COMe up from Australia. Anything else Chinese I would keep away with. Runva can be brilliant or you get a lemon right from the start. I have had 2 good Runva, One stolen, then one replaced to go to a higher speed unit. Sadly the replacement was the lemon. Now running a Novawin 11800 and I'm happy with it.
You need to weigh up what you plan to use it for especially in the way of load, and then buy the best you can for your budget, Often a good Brand winch secondhand can be a better option than a Brand new cheaper brand.

Are they quite common to get stolen off of vehicles?

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Originally Posted by JasonW

Are they quite common to get stolen off of vehicles?

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I don't know if they are 'popular' I have 2 mates that have had them pinched, like myself from DOC carparks when on 2-3 day tramps. Everything can be desirable to the wrong asshole I guess. Easy enough to put a deterrent or two inplace to retain ownership of your winch.

And I agree with others, Tirfors are awesome, mine has been invaluable, even for firewood recovery

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

Easy enough to put a deterrent or two inplace to retain ownership of your winch.

Details?

Got a terrain tamer 9500lb seems to do the job, had a wee play at getting stuck and it worked. Don't have a tirfor but use a hi lift jack and chains. Much easier to use that to go backwards a few metres than winch forwards into more crap....

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To get your winch they need access to the four mounting bolts under the winch. I have simply bent a strip of flat steel plate (25x5 I think) and tack welded it over the top of two bolt heads so a spanner or socket can't be used to undo the bolt. Welded strong enough to stay put, but easy enough to grind off when needed. A short piece of snug fitting tube would do the same job, as would a larger pipe cut into half rounds welded over the bolt heads.
Mates just wrap a short length of heavy chain and padlock through their winches and bullbar.

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

I don't know if they are 'popular' I have 2 mates that have had them pinched, like myself from DOC carparks when on 2-3 day tramps. Everything can be desirable to the wrong asshole I guess. Easy enough to put a deterrent or two inplace to retain ownership of your winch.

And I agree with others, Tirfors are awesome, mine has been invaluable, even for firewood recovery

Yeah I might put a shear bolt on then when installing it then drill out the allen key part.

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