Are these winches any good?

[MudSurfer]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRANDED-ELECTR...QQcmdZViewItem

[surfenstein]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRANDED-ELECTR...QQcmdZViewItem

they look pretty darn good to me.

[MudSurfer]

Cheers - bet you can't guess the next mod then??

Still looking for a snorkel if anyone has one for sale

[Koi]

The only thing I can see that might cause a problem for mounting is he control box mounted on the op like that. Still depends where you are going to mount it, just think if its going behind a bumper it will be to tall like this.

[joker??]

bought this one off ebay for about £240 fellah in norfolk was selling them , gary went around to the fellahs house to make sure it was a decent winch,

just got ask mark about making me a winch bracket

[surfenstein]

bought this one off ebay for about £240 fellah in norfolk was selling them , gary went around to the fellahs house to make sure it was a decent winch,

just got ask mark about making me a winch bracket

dave isnt that the same winch?

[joker??]

The only thing I can see that might cause a problem for mounting is he control box mounted on the op like that. Still depends where you are going to mount it, just think if its going behind a bumper it will be to tall like this.

control box will be moved elsewhere on mine

[The Lovely Boyo]

Greetings to you too Mud.

Where you from then?

I have no idea about the winch, just curious about your avatar!

BTW - winches normally come way down wish list of mods - so what you done to your truck so far?

[joker??]

dave isnt that the same winch?

think so ,!! bought mine before xmas bloke who sold them seemed a straight dealer , said he would send me a winch cover when he got them , lo and behold one turned up the other day with an apology for taking so long

[MudSurfer]

Would an 8000lb winch be strong enough to use with the Surf?

[MattF]

Why have they superimposed the stickers over the left hand side of the unit on that Ebay pic?

[MudSurfer]

Greetings to you too Mud.

Where you from then?

I have no idea about the winch, just curious about your avatar!

BTW - winches normally come way down wish list of mods - so what you done to your truck so far?

Hiya - my folks live in Rhos-Y-Brithdir, I was born in Lancashire, but to parents from Llanarmon -Dyffryn-Ceriog, my father grew up there and Shrewsbury, and then moved all over the place with work - I got sent to school to keep out of the wa, and go back to Llanarmon DC, the Glyn valley and Rhos as often as I can.

Mods - A bar & lights, 2" Procomp lift, new uprated springs, 31" tyres, CB and the all important Tonka stickers on the side!!!

[TonyN]

Would an 8000lb winch be strong enough to use with the Surf?

Its adaquate, generally get the biggest you can afford. If you're going to be using it alot (2-3 times a month), avoid the cheaper ones and get a Warn, Superwinch, etc. If its for peice of mind or posing the cheap ones are fine.

They are 1/2 the price for a reason.

[MudSurfer]

Got the option to buy an 8000lb Champion G8000-S which I may go for, as I'm hoping to get my offroad training day done soon, so I'd like to have one that I can use and be shown how to use it too....

[TonyN]

Got the option to buy an 8000lb Champion G8000-S which I may go for, as I'm hoping to get my offroad training day done soon, so I'd like to have one that I can use and be shown how to use it too....

It'll be fine, I had a little 4,500lb Superwinch for years on the pickup, it didn't let me down, you can double up the line with a pully block to double the pulling power, at the expense of line speed.