Astro_Al Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Ok, without getting into a hydro vs leccy, Warn / Milemarker / used pant elastic wrapped around a cotton reel debate... I need a reasonable sized winch (12k lbs +) for minimal outlay for my Mog 404. Its only gonna see occaisional mincing about offroad, and very occaisional winch use (mainly from one side of the garage to the other, unless all the vapour-builds are in the way...). I'm figuring electric. For higher duty use I wouldn't be. I see crappy cheapo winches on ebay - are these gonna cut the mustard for occaisional use, or should I go for something else? If so, what? Ta Al. Bring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 page 6 of the Mog owners manual should explain it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Al, There's an H14W hydro (or mech) setup in my garden doing nothing, technically it's DD's but I'm sure he could be persuaded to part with it. Missing the hydro PTO (not that it'd fit a mog) but everything else is there inc. pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Al, PTO to stay in the style of your Mog. I believe Dolly already tried telling you the same, but I thought I will explain it again. The messiah would turn in its grave if you put a cheapo sparky winch on that mog. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruuman Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 well the only cheap ebay winches I have experience of are the T-max ones and the 3 people I've known with them all had solenoid issues, the actual winch construction looked ok, but they never worked when they were needed. Apart from that I only know warn, milemarker and Ramsey and have had 0 problems with any of them, but that's probably not the answer your after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameslwt Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Rich Watson, member of the shire club with a 'slightly dented' disco had one of el cheapo ones of ebay - 12,000lb jobbie. At first we all though it looked identical to some of the other well known makes, but after he used it a few times, we came to the conclusion it wasn't. Certainly not from a build quality point of view anyway. IIRC most of the internals fell apart, but not 100% sure. Moose will know if he reads this. Paul???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I've seen 3 opf those cheap chinese Ebay winches break now, 2 on first use. True the warranty is great and they have been replaced but (if determined to go electric) I think you'd be better off getting a good used one (a husky should be bombproof enough) than wasting money on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Oh yes a nice cheap Leccy winch one bar fire unit on a MOG Madness, for you you'll need the higher qulaity 2 bar version Hyd....oh I nearly said the "H" word Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 T-max use Albright copies now. They are very good winches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmatt Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 T-max use Albright copies now. They are very good winches. If you've got hydraulics on ya mog then surely a secondhand hydraulic winch is the way to go. Needs to be a hell of an allergic winch for a mog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 brand new 12k Milemarker for about 360 sterling, plus VAT, tax and carriage interest you? might as well do the job once and do it properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Aw carp. I guess I was expecting those replies (maybe not the hieroglyphics, but who would... ) Ok, I hoped that by some utter miracle someone would say - 'yes the cheapo ones are amazing, never fail and blow the competition away'. Of course, instead I get the real answer. Leccy doesn't seem very 'in keeping' with the Mog, I agree. But cheap does! I don't currently have hydraulics, which is a bit of a PITA... Fridge - how much for the winch? Condition? Isn't there a queue of potential customers? Is it still lying outside with no cover on!? LMLuke - yuh, maybe, not as painful as I'd anticipated, but hopefully there will be a cheaper alternative, it's not gonna see a lot of action, but I want something that's going to work when I ask it to. At least I don't need to invest in lots of leccy kit if I go hydraulic / pto. Hmmm. Thanks for the replies guys. Jez - should I just keep the troop carrier seats in the back and buy a big whip then? [Moglite - got any spares...? ] Cheers, Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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