Chinese Winch

Maybe a 12000 lb Chinese winch equals a 9000 lb Warn.

lol, dang beat me to my reply I had ready!

Bruce,,, In your club and generally the people you trip away with,,,,, do you hear much about Warn winches sucking in water on river crossings when they are in standard form??

and if so,,, what do they do to make em more water resistant???
Anything more than just sealing up the ends and joins???

Silastic is your friend, and service it each time you go swimming is pretty much it.

Brawn was supposed to be water proof, maybe Robin can add to that, nto sure

Voxson ,
I have read an article giving instructions on how to waterproof a Warn . Maybe you should try Google on that .
Willie .

maybe the 80% of people who actually dont get to use them but one decent bog will have you begging for something better

I ask this because i swapped my X9 superwinch for a Warn thinking it would be better...
I had been through heaps of water with the X9 and it always worked afterwards,,, and one trip to Cape York and the Warn was drowned and lacking power....
I have just rebuilt it by clearing the earth fault in the field windings and reinsulating the coils,,, unjamming the sliding gear in the end housing,, regreas it all and replacing the bearings,, silasticing every surface and put it in tonight and tried it and it still doesnt have any pulling power...
Driving me crazy....
i am not dissing Warn ,, i am just telling my story...
Maybe a bad solenoid... ready to throw it out...

Relay i meant,,, not solenoid

I think you'll find John's CVM (Combined Vehicle Mass) is around 4.5t (80 series packed with goodies + Ultimate camper), so a 9000lb winch is operating at it's full capacity (or beyond) on a single line pull under just about any circumstances. Add to the equation the fact that he may be stuck on a decent incline, or his 315/75s are bogged to the axles in sand or mud etc, and you'll soon see that a 12,000lb winch is the weapon of choice in such circumstances!!!

Yeh, Roachie, I'm with you. Most people have not looked at the calculations I reckon. If you tow a trailer or too, they can be useful. I have used mine as a porta power actually realigning steel work on farm equipment. Plurry useful. Nick reckons that justifies one for him too ;-)

Talking of winches....although a bit off topic......

I was talking to a mate on the weekend who was recalling a conversation he'd had with a bloke a whaile ago.

Bloke was out camping and looking at his nice, expensive, shiny newish winch which he had never had to use. In the background his kids were squabbling cos they were bored with this camping bullchit. The proverbial light-bulb clicked on for the bloke.

He reeled out the winch cable up a bit of a slope and tethered it (using his tree-trunk protector of course) to a tree. Placed an inflated inner tube in front of the bullbar and rigged up a flying fox for his kids to play on.

He now feels better cos he's getting some use from his winch; plus kids are having a ball!!!

Roachie, I hope his public risk policy was well paid up.

Wait for the latest update ;) specially on the one the dude is talkinbout... on top of old smokey lmao

?????? Truckie ???????

The winch bought on ebay died a nasty death early in the testing, as reported in the story. Its internal quality was quite different to the other "chinese" winches.

The Terrain Tamer and Ironman4x4 winches are both still going strong and will be getting another workout this Sunday. They have already done far more work than the occasional user would expect. Testing will continue.......

Hi John,

Seems a bit extravagent buying a winch just to pull the ultimate back on its wheels when it gets tired, and needs a laydown?
Wouldnt a hunk of rope do?
LOL come on mate put up the pic's for all to see, if you dont, I will !!!

Cheers Pesty

we want photos..

I too have a copy of a photo that shows a camper in a less than glorious repose!

Better get YOUR side of the story up into a post before we do it for you!

Cheers
Muddy