winch rating

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winch rating by ianoneill1981 on Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:42 pm
ill hopefully be buying a winch at some point and was just wondering how many lbs it should be rated at ?

cheers in advance
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Re: winch rating by fudge on Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:45 pm
as many as possible

i use 8000lb rated ramsey and they are fine..

but if your going with a cheep one. get a 12-13000lb one.
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Re: winch rating by ianoneill1981 on Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:49 pm
thanks alot.

ill keep that in mind when searching
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Re: winch rating by 4x4 bobby on Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:04 pm
As fudge say's the biggest you can afford. 12000/13000 is what i would get if it was me! :thumbup:
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