Yoyodyne Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I'm considering investing in a winch for the front of my RRC and looking for advice/sugesstions. I,m looking for something that doesn't stick out a long way. Eblag is full of elcheapo imports from foreign companies, there are plenty of s/h jobbies around but I need to know It will work when I need it to. How big ? I don't intend competing but need something big enough. Is a Husky any better than a Warn ot Britpart no good 'cos it's cheap? And whats it with these Albright thingies? I will probly go for a synthetic rope but that's another queation. Help/advice/sugesstions, cheap s/h offers all appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Superwinch EP9. Cheap, strong and an external brake so good with plasma. El cheapos are just that IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Look at the Superwinches from First Four offroad his has Albrights fitted (closed waterproof contactors) SteveG s 90 in the members vehicle section has one fittted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 For ease of use and installation, etc, I would go with a superwinch EP9 as suggested above. Here's one on my Brother's RRC. Incidentally, this is the same winch as a Come-up DV9000. Huskys are excellent and pretty much bulletproof but they are slow. Warn's are always going to be a reasonable winch, but you will really want a lowline winch (XD9000 or similar) and these have internal brakes which dosn't do plasma any good. Britpart are another rebadged chinese import... Hope that helps. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoyodyne Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Is plasma rope suitable for use on a Husky (pardon my ignorance) as there seem to be a few around s/h? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Yes as the winch doesn't have a brake inside the drum (worm drive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrover Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Don't want to hijack the thread, but... What's the benefit of having an intergrated solenoid on EPi9 rather than the movable one on the EP9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yella 90 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 the epi9 hold's 25ft more cable than the ep9 dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Only if you space it up on the mountings, if you mount it flush to the bumper then it suffers the same limitations as the EP9. You can get 100ft of 11mm plasma on an EPi9 anyway, which is enough Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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