question 2 ALDI winches

Who died and made you King??

Kev

LOL looks like a resurgence of the grammar and spelling nazis :))))

And it's from another non member ;)

Have'nt seen much from Boobook2 so he/she must be a genuine Visitor. The regulars are more like non-financial Members :))))))

I have been wondering when EO will go as some other Forums as in that if your not a Member you have no access

Doug,

I personally hope it doesn't, as the non members have some good contributions to be made. Although some seem to stir the pot a little.

How did you pull up after yesterday??

Kev

I think it's time we left Steve's post alone.

Guys,
I am a non-financial member, hell I am not even Australian and not even in Aus... But have found this forum infformative and entertaining! Like to think I have maybe answered (probly only one) question or so, and maybe helped or not.... But don't close it off to subscription only :-) There are probably plenty folk like me who wouldn't cough up cash to be here, but find the forum really good. Trolls, flame wars etc - let's face it sometimes it makes good reading as only winches, tyres, tracks, gps etc gets a bit dry! Sorry, I have no opinion on Aldi winches, but own a cheap Taiwan winch. Honest opinion is would I trust it out there? Well, no. In fact I decided to go the hand winch route on my troopy due to flexibility, reliability etc. Taiwan winch fine for playing in the mud, but IMHO not as essential kit. But I know this is purely personal bias. Taiwan winch never failed me, but Murphy's law is nothing if not unpredictable.
Keep Exploroz free to non-members!!
Gilmour

gilghana
Yes I can see your point, I withdraw my statement and hope you always get some enjoyment and Knowledge from ExplorOz .

Doug

I thought I WAS KING

Yes I fully agree, .....

Most people would probably use their winch as a last resort......be bad to stuck in the middle of nowhere and it dies.
Be sorta like buying a Epirb from Crazy Clarks you maybe lucky or maybe not

Cya
Stu

A lot of the stuff sold under different shops all comes from the same factory, so if its cheaper its worse???

My terrain tamer shocks are actually TJM shocks, and a lot cheaper does that make them worse??

I used to work in a dairy, bottles of NAME brand milk being filled at X price...quota reached, change to no name labels, same milk supply but cheaper, does that make the quality worse?

Don't just discount it cause its cheaper, many a store currently rip off people selling stuff with their name on it alot dearer than the same product with a lesser name on it.

Do some research and make an informed choice and maybe grab a bargain in the process

Cheers
Stefan

>> My terrain tamer shocks are actually TJM shocks,
no they arent. they are made in same place to different specs.. same as ARB and Monroe made in same place (or were), but are made to different specs.

Kev
Your comment about non members stiring the pot i see alot of post and there seems to be quite a few members that stir the pot to but hay you cant take it all too serioslly even if you cant spell as you can see LOL,but all in all stirin the pot comes from both sides but hopfully all in good nature others do hav a laugh at it but hay it puts a smile on someones face and thats
a good thing .
Chers big ears pat

You should not be relying on an electric winch. They are a luxury item, nice to have but not essential. In a few of the situations where I have been stuck a front mounted winch would have been useless, except for pulling me further into the muck. If I was relying on a front mounted winch in those situations then it would not matter if the the winch was a $1200 Warn or $600 Aldi special, I would have been stuffed.

So why not take the risk and save a few dollars, at worst you will have to put in some hard work with the hand winch, but that could still happen even if you buy a Warn.

"My terrain tamer shocks are actually TJM shocks"

Mate hate to burst ya bubble BUT terrain tamer sticker TJM stamped IN the shock body, Mate they are rebranded TJM's

Cheers stefan

Pulled off a lovells sticker off a shocker, also had TJM stamped into the metal

That's why I only have a shovel and a wife to use it Jimbo no luxury's for me!

I agree the shovel is a good backup. I used it the other day just to prove to a mate that it could be done. It only took half an hour to dig out and made it ready for the next guy to come down the hill, who was headed for the same washout but because of the dry dirt and ruts I dug it guided him back onto the track. This saved us from winching him as well.

PJD

You are on the money old boy and when the 'anger button' is pushed I have no doubt what so ever that it will do what it is supposed to.

By the way, was Ironman helpfull.

yes lucky they were very helpfull