tmax winch dissapointed -darwin
Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 06, 2008 at 22:08
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samsgoneagain
i bought a 't- max 10000lb 'winch from opposite lock in
darwin the other week. old mate said " its been marked down from $1600 to $1000" ( for some reason i cant remember) so i thought it must be ok cause thats what a warn 9000lb cost.
no worries , i mounted it up and went bush for a
test 'winch'.
so i got bogged, no worries i will just get my new, top quality winch and pull my ute out of the bog.
hooked up, started winching, goes ok (tightens the rope good), now the weights on it should do it easy cause its a 10000lb t-max......... sorry folks...... my busted bottom old warn 9000lb winch pulled better than this on a siezed motor/hit with hammer/spray with crc day. ok still bogged, i will winch out to the right a bit and it should pull me up onto this underwater rut so i can drive out................pulling pulling.......ping , the fairlead roller broke and bent its shaft. ok thats bareable......winch out straight ahead, long way .
Good, now that i am out OF THE BOG i will wind all the cable in, winding winding winding , snap.... broke one of the chrome axles that hold the whole winch together.
now angry and going to throw this through old mates window
shop.
Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Thursday, Feb 07, 2008 at 20:53
Thursday, Feb 07, 2008 at 20:53
Sorry to read of your dilemma mate.....
Just a note about the chrome spacers bars.....I've broken the casting on my Warn XD 9000 too, because of the cable winding-up unevenly as I did a recovery without watching what I was doing.
This is a real problem when winching......unless you're doing a direct, front-on pull, the rope is going to spool-up on the side that you are pulling towards. The only answer seems to be to stop winching, chock the load, unwind the winch cable so that it is not all bunched up at one end, then re-spool it up with no load, so that the cable spools-up on the opposite end until you reach the point where the load has to start again.....then recommence winching under load again. Depending on how far you have to winch the load, you may have to repeat this procedure several times.
Having said that, my winch still operate perfectly
well without the chrome bar.....as far as I can see these bars are really only important when the winch is off the vehicle (to stop the 2 ends from separating from each other).
Roachie
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Reply By: OLDarwin - Friday, Feb 08, 2008 at 18:35
Friday, Feb 08, 2008 at 18:35
In reply to samsgoneagain, its a pity he didn't just come back to the store and see us instead of venting his anger on a chat
forum, this is the first we have heard of his problem.
We have been selling these
winches out of opposite lock stores Australia wide for a considerable time and out of our
Darwin Shop since 2004 and this is the first problem I have heard about with these
winches.
I didn't fit the winch, I don't and didn't have access to the car or the Bullbar and there is obviously a few questions that need answering.
I would welcome "samsgoneagain" into the store so that we can look at his problem and come up with a solution and explanation.
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Follow Up By: dan001 - Friday, Feb 15, 2008 at 15:30
Friday, Feb 15, 2008 at 15:30
Oldarwin, was interested in your comments, I have seen this on the 10,000 both sold as a max or with other brand logos eg Ox…in fact I took a look at another with the same thing this week. I would agree somewhat to the point it could be as a result of the cable not being correctly wound on, but this beggs the question, is this winch designed for operation by two people and sold as such? (we both know the answer). I respect all those opinions but if your out by yourself and in trouble, does this mean you cant use your winch because it will get damaged…ie a farmer bogged on a property and so on…what’s the point in having a winch.
Made in China…
well you would be supprised just how much 4wd gear is actually made there!
To be fair I have also seen it on “the good brands”
Cheers
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Follow Up By: OLDarwin - Monday, Feb 18, 2008 at 13:35
Monday, Feb 18, 2008 at 13:35
Just to go one step further, samsonline has been in to see us and we will resolve his issue one way or another. We can all speculate as to what has caused his problem but I will let the experts do that, the winch will be sent back to the importer, AUNGER, and they can make the decision.
OX Brand is, I am told, TMAX old technology, and you are right, people would be surprised what is made in China and Thailand etc.. ARB Bullbars (maybe not all models) come from Thailand as do copies of them that look the same and are just as structurally sound but a lot cheaper, same steel etc..
Electronics, batteries, and lots more.
OLDarwin
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