UdderlyOffroad Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Evening all. Hoping somebody here can help. Whilst perusing the stands at Newbery the other day I found this for suitably low amount, so I failed to resist the temptation and bought it, for £60. Apologies for the terrible photoWinch! by udderlyoffroad, on FlickrThe p/n sticker on it says RTC9587AB. This appears to be a SuperWinch Husky X6, however googling for that appears to show a winch which looks nothing like mine. Any ideas what it actually is? And does anyone have a link to a manual/parts diagram?I touched the two wires onto a battery, and it appeared to work, and even the freespool lever appears to do its thing, so that's a start anyway! I assume the winch can be made to 'pay out' by dint of reversing the polarity via a solenoid?Matt P.S. in case anyone's wondering just why I bought a winch when I'm still at the 'rolling chassis' stage of my build, well, I'm a weak-willed creature, and also, I need to send a load of stuff for galvanising, so I might as well fettle my £15 winch bumper to fit and set that off too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 If it is an X6 I would not put it on a Land Rover - it will be very under powered for anything other than the mildest recovery situations. I am sure Honiton Hobbit will be along shortly to shed some light.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 looks like an EP unit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 No such winch as a Husky X6, if it's a Superwinch X6, not really upto dragging a 110 out of a sticky situation. A earlier thread http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=18206 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmatt Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Lookss like a superwinch x6 that's missing the solenoid pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactus Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I would not put it on my Landrover either. OK for pulling a dead ROLLING car up a trailer but that's it! Saying that £60 is a fair price but the solenoids will cost a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Thanks for the responses all. So, it appears that there might be a reason it was cheap? No matter, for £60 it will make a good trailer winch! Or, rather than mount it on the trailer, I might mount it onto a Dixon-Bate slider plate for use at the back of the truck. There's already an Anderson connector there, after all. I took the plastic cover off today, and the motor did appear to be quite puny compared to the size of everything else. No sign of an ID plate or model number though, just a serial number. That said, googling 'Superwinch X6' has turned up broadly similar units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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