Winch Choice

[winniliss Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close winniliss]

Its all well and good if you have plenty of room to get a good grip with your hand but for example on our work Hilux you have very little room and can only manage three fingers on the handle and that’s when you are hot and sweaty, mud all over you, in the middle of the day in the top end with 90% humidity...poor design for an expensive winch (Warn).

[gumboot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close gumboot]

Rang Opposite lock Qld. For a Avenger Mako TDS9.5 with Synthetics rope,installed they want $1445.

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Rang Opposite lock Qld. For a Avenger Mako TDS9.5 with Synthetics rope,installed they want $1445.

Thats very expensive!!!
The winch sells for $1045 with rope so $400 for fitting (Plus their profit margin)!!!!! Thats way too expensive.
I did it myself but was quoted $200 to fit.
You dont have to remove the bar, so $400 is way too expensive.

Get some more quotes, they are screwing you

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Rang Opposite lock Qld. For a Avenger Mako TDS9.5 with Synthetics rope,installed they want $1445.

Hi Gumboot

I have one order at OL Underwood their price $1195.00 for the winch (this includes the freight) and $175.00 for fitting. Fourbys wanted $400.00 to fit and the same winch price of $1195.00, they said the bullbar had to be removed to fit.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

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Thats funny, OL in NSW were selling it for $1045 with rope.
Thats what I paid a few weeks ago and that was, at the time, their regular price.
Price must be going up due them pushing the VRS brand maybe???

Either way, great winch, you wont be sorry

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Hi Marc

I think it may be the freight component as everyone I rang quoted "freight included".

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

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Thanks Guys.
Good to know the OL price in NSW is cheaper. I will push them to match this, or look for some other quoytes.
Richo, Do you knwo who else in QLD stock them?

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Thanks Guys.
Good to know the OL price in NSW is cheaper. I will push them to match this, or look for some other quoytes.
Richo, Do you knwo who else in QLD stock them?

Hi

I had a look on their website and there are others but from what I have been told that there isn't any available stock from the distributor in Melbourne, that is why I'm waiting for one. Fourbys gave them a good wrap but they were expensive.

See ya on the tracks, Richo.

[stewy Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close stewy]

They also stated that if you didn't use the winch every month (in which case buy the Warn 9.5XP) that the Avenger is the best in the economy range of winches, more so if you wish to use rope instead of cable.

So based on this recommendation, you'll need to do a winch recovery regularly,....one tough track for the SEQld Crew each month.
I say keep the Reccy's coming in 2012. With all the crew having winch's now,....that's a lot of recovering.

cheers

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Santa's got mine at the moment let's hope he delivers and fits it before Xmas

See ya on the gnarly tracks then,Richo.

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

From the easiest freespool lever to the hardest... My Magnum 9000 winch has a stupid little toggle that offers very little leverage to rotate. (Sorry about the pixelated image - All that I could find. I will replace with a pic of mine when tonight)

Managed to get a pic of my freespool lever tonight while I was fixing up the washer bottle guards of my Sahara bar (plates were sitting on the outside of the bar, all good now) I may have a solution to the problem of the awkwardness of operating this toggle by replacing it with an XD9000 toggle (see pics) I was looking at Warn winches at an ARB store yesterday and the freespoolhousing appears to be identical so I will have to investigate further....



Warn XD9000




Craig

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Good idea Craig, if you can do it at reasonable cost!

Alternatively, take it apart and get an extension welded onto it.
Easier and cheaper maybe?

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

Good call 1CB about welding a tag on. Not having a clue about what kind of welding can be done on this type of material though? I would have to call on a few favors from a mate. The other option is make up some kind of a handle that I could keep in the glovebox that is keyed to suit that will go over the toggle that will offer more leverage

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Alternatively, take it apart and get an extension welded onto it.
Easier and cheaper maybe?

Not wishing to 'rain on your parade', looking at the photo the existing handle looks cast - not being an expert (so I don't know) can you weld cast material? I understand it makes a difference if it's cast steel as opposed to cast iron?

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That's kinda what I was thinking Barry. It does look a bit on the matchbox toy metal to me. The ideal solution Would be the steel handle off an XD Warn as pictured previously. I will download a manual and get a price on Monday