Even their American assembled winches are built with foreign sourced components. I believe the motors come from Mexico and the solenoids from Brazil. At this point you’re just paying for the name. We run an x-bull 10k pound with synthetic line for under $400 from Amazon. Works like a charm the few times we’ve used it. Comes with 2 wireless remotes and a wired one. Unless I ran a recovery business, I can’t see spending $1500+ on an electric motor that my ultimate goal is not to use.I think WARN and SUPERWINCH are the only US made winches and WARN outsources their VR model to be built in China.
I see WARN's prices have skyrocketed, used to be you could pick on up for a grand now they are darn close to double that.
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I do see you can pick up a Zeon 10S for $1500 on amazon. Still a lot of dough though.
Maybe something like this:which is the most compact Warn Winch available?
Go with a WARN. You already spent something like $60K on a Xtreme Rubicon don’t cheap out now. For about $200 more then the “low cost” brands you can get a WARN 8000 or 10000 VR EVO. Slightly less then the WARN ZEON winches, the VR EVO fits your needs for the occasional use or “just in case”. Plus if you should ever have a problem WARN has excellent CS and is a U.S. based company.Got my new 2021 Rubi Xtreme Recon last week and starting to look at mods. came with 35"s and will be adding couple hundred lbs in bumpers. Any recommendation on winches for both capacity and brand. I have no idea who makes good quality. Most likely will be used minimally but wanna have it work when needed. Looking right now at the DV8 bumpers series but nothing bought yet.
Thoughts and recommendation?
I'm super curious about the X-Bull.Even their American assembled winches are built with foreign sourced components. I believe the motors come from Mexico and the solenoids from Brazil. At this point you’re just paying for the name. We run an x-bull 10k pound with synthetic line for under $400 from Amazon. Works like a charm the few times we’ve used it. Comes with 2 wireless remotes and a wired one. Unless I ran a recovery business, I can’t see spending $1500+ on an electric motor that my ultimate goal is not to use.
Although clearly not rated for a real recovery situation, those units are impressive when coupled with a good cordless drill. We've used them for hoisting buss duct, cable tray, and even small transformers. I'd even bet it would work in a mild stuck situation where you only needed a small assist. If I didn't have a winch, I would consider tossing one in the tool bag just in case.Maybe something like this:
https://www.warn.com/dc-2000-winch-92000 or
https://www.warn.com/drill-winch-750lbs-capacity-101570
https://www.amazon.com/X-BULL-Synth...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==I'm super curious about the X-Bull.
You would be surprised how many people think that tow straps and recovery straps are the spame thing. Not even close.Whatever you do, if you haven't had one before, educate yourself on how and when to use it. I have seen some nightmares out there due the the improper use of winches and tow straps. Or just some who is dying to use their winch when stacking a couple rocks would do, slowing up everyone on the trail in the process.
I was really hoping that that was a spoof video but sadly there it is on the RC website for $29Okay guys, I Googled it. Took only a few seconds to find this sad product. Kinda like putting a sock in your pants.
Video complete with badass generic heavy metal music that all car product videos seem to have these days.
Sadly, cant be used on plastic Jeep bumpers