yes, you really have to use your brain when winching!

Make sure everything is going to hold the load, and then some. The last thing you want to do is get a medivac ride out of the bush with a hook and piece of cable hanging out of your head....

Actually did something kind of similar last fall, bunch of us were out getting the trucks stuck. One of the guys was winching me out, but had a strap hooked to my truck, which he winched off of. Long story short, strap broke, hook tried to go through his windshied and smack him in the face...

The outcome.... Note the cable wrapped all around the truck and the hook neatly planted into the windshield just to the passenger side of the cowl!

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Warn 8274's on the Jeep and on the old F250.

Warn 16.5ti on the shop truck.

Warn XT30 on the quad.


I use MasterPull synthetic line....no complaints.


I've grown up with Warn winches, being as they're local to us in the PacNW most people up here run them, but there are other great brands, too.

I believe you will find Mile marker winch's are good Warn winch's are good and there is this Discount house that sells UBER Generic winches..HS or something I don't know why I can't think of it off hand.

Those are the exact same parts from the exact same factory as mile marker as I have been told. Except the switch..I have heard the fuses blow..

My only real experience with winching is a 12k warn pulled my old short bed half ton chev with a 350 and 1 ton axles np (gm 14 in the rear dana 60 in the front) BUT My opinion (which are like @$$holes just less usefull sometimes) if given the choice would you rather think..I think I have enough or ...Watch out I have this handled..

alright i might go with a mile marker... prob like a 12k?? it says on there website that they make winches for the humvee... so if its good enough for the army... its prob good enough for me:U: haha... oh should i get a electric or Hydraulic?? im kinda leaning toward hydraulic.... ny thoughts???

Mile Marker makes nice winchs. Not teh fastest out there but a VERY good value! I kinda like the hydraulic ones. We had soem on our old Fire truck and they were kick ass. They ran off a PTO though and not the power steering pump.

the only thing with a pto winch is if you loose a clutch than ur screwed

yeah, those mile markers run off the Power Steering Pump though. The only argument people through up about the hydrolic winchs is that if the truck is not running you cant winch. But my answer is if the truck is not running a electric winch wont get you to far either w/o charging.

I guess the same thing can be said about the PTO driven/clutch issue. If your clutch is that F'd, your not going anywhere anyways!


Personally, i would rather have a PTO driven pump rather than using the PS pump.

Either way there's plenty of upgrades for the pump.. I used a warn 12k electic expensive but it sure was nice to have (mostly just for peace of mind) Best winch controller is the skinny pedal!