9500pd winch strength

If you were well bogged you could easily exceed the ability of the winch to pull you out with a single line pull.

Also depends on how many layers of cable were on the drum,you lose about 500lb per layer.

What brand of winch was it?

I have been ridiculed for saying these winches do not have the strength to pull a well bogged vehicle out but your findings are the same as mine. Especially if you have an 80 or 100 they have a flat belly and when fully bogged even a 10,000p (my findings) dont even go close to pulling them out on a single pull and on a double pull I still managed to pull out a tree and snap off and tear from the ground a large chunk of granite, Bottom line Winches might be ok for mild bogs and vehicles without as flat bottoms like 79 series utes (I have had good results with winches with these) but otherwise A Highlift and plenty of debris to put under the wheels is often a better bet especially as it allows you to backtrack rather than get pulled forward further into the poo

Bob

Have a look here Warn Winches. When checking out the winches note the kg/lbs ratings at various areas of the drum (spool). Any other brand will give similiar rating charts.

Warn also suggest that your winch be purchased based on 1.5 times the weight of the vehicle.

You are at least down to the 3rd or 4th row cable and when checking the chart the straight line pull cannot handle your vehicle weight.

Regards

Paul

Bob there is alot more to winching than just hooking up to a tree & pushing the button :-) A difficult recovery will always need to be double blocked so you should be dissapointed in your mate not returning it, not the winch. A shovel is always your best friend in the mud so before any recovery a bit of preparation removing excess crud in front of the 4 tyres & diffs will always assist. Dead dragging a car through deep mud is very hard on any winch so you need to get the vehicle up on top. A little track building with rocks or timber should help, a hilift jack too can get the car up allowing solid packing to be put under the tyres. Running out all the cable to a tree further away will ensure the best pulling capacity off the bottom layer & asisting by driving slowly in low first will take the pressure off the cable.
Not sure how the winch was wired up but the pulling power will vary between cars due to the battery (capacity, age, type), altenator size & how good the electrical connections are. 1 loose earth wire & it wont pull the skin off a rice pudding. Idling the motor up to 1200 revs will increase the altenator output to near it's maximum supplying more power to the winch.
A correctly set up 9500lb winch will pull most 4bys out every time but they wont do it on their own, you've got to help them.
Cheers Craig..........
9500lb Ramsey wired to 2 x 115amp hour deep cycle Batts.