can anyone advice me on choosing the right winch

hey guys. I'm wanting to get a winch but dont know where to start really :S so many different numbers and things that i dont understand :blush: hope someone can advise me on what i should get or what i should be looking at? or if anyone has one suitable for sale? kind regards bob

Goodwinch TDS is a very good vfm winch with lots of accessories available. I also know a few on here with good things to say about some winch off ebay, but do ask Darthloachie, TomDK and other peeps who have first hand experience.

9500lbs is ideal, 8000lbs minimum.

Maybe you could get a deal at the Donnington show next Sunday?

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do you think there will be good deals at donnington??

Hi Bob, I have just brought and fitted one of these 12500lb ebay winches to my Jimny. I have not used it in anger yet but ran it out and winch myself up a hill today to spool the wire in under some tension and it was farly quick.

Its a cheap option so you do not get all the features you would on Warn's etc but for what I want it for it seems ok, a few local guys have run the 13000lb version and dont seem to have anything negative to say about them.

There are lots of great winches out there. But on a budget I'd get a Goodwinch TDS 9.5C. No question a great buy, and better than the cheap series from Warn. And David Bowyer from Goodwinch gives excellent support. And as Sponnie points out, lots of great add-ons for later on, Like the new Bowmotor 3.

I know lots of users here are happy with their very cheap 12500/13000 lb. winches. But they are stupidly slow and not possible at all to upgrade or get spare parts for.

Also worth considering could be SuperWinch, although I've read some negative things about the new Talon range.

So, go get at TDS winch, or find yourself a used Warn 8274

I actually have my TDS 9.5c for sale. But shipping to the UK is insanely expensive Only selling because I've got my hands on a Warn 8274

I would also suggest a Goodwinch if you can afford one. Not only does David offer a good service when you buy it, spares etc, as TomDK says, but you can send it back to him when it needs servicing and it will come back like new again, to save you having to do it yourself.

Otherwise, if it is too expensive, you could look at the Warrior range from Winch Solutions as they can offer aftermarket back up too - the only thing is they are not that cheap any more as they try to up their game and standing in this country.

Or ypou could just get a cheap one and bear in mind the quality might not be all that good, it might be quite slow but realise you may have to buy another in a few years. Having said that, there are a number of people on here that use and abuse cheap winches and swear by them, Winchmax being the main brand.

I have a second hand Superwinch Epi9500 which has served me well, albeit I had to buy a new motor last year. I managed to get a second hand Bowmotor 1 from a mate who's been in the Challenge scene and is building a tray back 90, that he's been building since time began ( well a few years anyway! ). The motor was like new, so again I did well.

If you join a club, winches come and go like that. They sell so quickly they rarely get advertised as you don't need to do so. It becomes, who you know etc.

Kirkynut