WATCH THIS FIRST! Before you Buy A Winch 

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One thing I've noticed with people who are replacing these cheap winches is, they don't clean them and, they don't cycle them without any weight on them at least once a month. So, whether you buy a big dollar one or a cheap one, you're still going to have the same issues with all of them.

It's awesome to actually see someone concerned about the weight of their car! So many people overload it and look the other way.

Just bought a Warn 16.5Ti-S for my Ram 2500. I know that heavy truck will require a lot of pull when the time comes and I don't want to be disappointed. Good video! Honest advice I hope people listen to.

Thought this video would have been useful until you said it was sponsored by a winch manufacturer.. your opinion goes out the window from there, sorry..

One thing I’ve discovered since buying a 4WD, is you MUST plan everything from, as u said, weight issues, quality of what you’re buying, longevity of what u need it for etc etc.

I have a winchmax 13500lb. It is used weekly and is two years old now. It's also pulled 2 fully laden discovery 2s out the mud, daisy chained together and axle deep and on an incline. Can't really ask for more can you?

Insurance: a waste of money until you need it...(one of my dad's pearl's of wisdom)

I remember when most of the winches were Thomas PTO or electric winches.and the warn high mounts were popular.

Dion is a top bloke! He hooked me up with the best drawers money can buy. I highly recommend Full Boar Fourbie Drawers. I will see him for a winch soon as well. Cheers

Thank you for the tips

How's it performing now? Still working as described?

Mine is portable. I use it on my F250 and my expedition. I put a new 200 Amp alternator and new battery in the expedition. I have a dedicated marine grade battery in the back of the expedition to run the winch and solar panels. Plus a 2000 watt power inverter. Plenty of room in the expedition. Over the years I've had 3 new 🚙 jeeps. The older I get I like some creature comforts. After sleeping in a tent ⛺ I like a fresh pot of coffee in the morning.

Got a keeper kx9500 today, seems pretty good for my ford ranger 2011

I just got my fiery red 13000lb winch. I can buy 5 of these for the price of 1 warn winch. Take care of it and it will take care of you.

What did u do to ur winch in 12 month?

You have to grease the living crap out of the connections, including taking apart the solenoid box, greasing all connections. All cheap winches use copper coated aluminum wire and it WILL fail if you don't grease the wires, connections. Grease your cable too, keep your winch dry as possible. After awhile the solenoid, relays will die but typically you can hook jumper cables directly to the winch and run it. Open them up and grease the gears if possible as well. 👌💯

Use the same camera! Had to turn it off because I got sick off turning the volume up and down!

G’day mate, I have the exact same winch. I’m jus curious does it seem noisy when running and seem to load up a lot. Ive just wound mine on the drum while loaded just sounds abit strange as it’s my first winch! Cheers

I use my winch about twice a year…so I bought a cheap one 🤷🏻‍♂️

As my Dad has told me on so many occasions, cheap stuff is made for a reason, best quality gear is made for a purpose.

Ive also heard they will still warranty their product WITH water Ingress.... No other winch company will do that !

How much does the 9500 synthetic weigh?

Audio is much better on this vid, thx!

G'day Dave you told me to take a Y62 for a test drive and tell what colour I chose , well it's " Ivory Pearl " Ti , I pick it up in about 2 weeks I have paid a deposit on a Rhino Bar 60kg they tell me , I have a Runva Winch off my Ute , Winch , synthetic rope , control box is 28kg I run the series 3 Ti , I took for a test drive over the weigh bridge , with the wife and I on board , the fuel gauge said 1/2 it went 1540 on the front axle , rear 1380 total 2920 , so not a lot left to play with up front . Have you weighed yours ?

ive had an xd9000 for twenty years never has let me down under water over mountains forget the rest

Lighter bars than Opposite Lock? I thought they were already pretty light compared to ARB and TJM.

Thanks for the nice clip .. you picked synthetic rope over steel cable, why?

I've been interested in the Sherpa line..lookin really good.

Your new winch at 23kg is just to light to be a ragged durable winch. When I look at the condition of your 12 month old winch, no wonder it failed, what a mess. I'm not sure why people don't do what I have, have my winch on a portable bracket, a receiver fitted to the bullbar and I'm telling you it works a treat. I have not pulled myself out of a bog yet, but have pulled out a HiLux out (twice) with a small boat on the back, a Toyota 76 series with a boat on the back and a Ram with a boat on the back. The advantage of this setup is the winch is not sitting under the bullbar all the time covered in water and mud. My winch now is over 2 years old and could sell it as brand new and you only need to carry it when on a trip or when ever you think you may need it. By the way my winch is one of those cheap ebay winches X-Bull.

With any winch regular servicing will extend its life dramatically. I have a Domin8r x winch $349 for almost 2 years now and have not had a single issue.

A guy I work with buys all his tools from harbor freight to "save money"... but then hes always got to stop in the middle of a project to go get a replacement tool because his stuffs always breaking... i purchased an expensive set of tools, mostly rachets and wrenches, and ive never had an issue with my stuff... saves me time and money in the long run, plus, my stuffs got a warranty where his doesn't

Well I must say that 5 years is a terrific warranty. It's funny but price is relative as it cost twice as much as ur cheapy yet those with a Warn would probably call ur Carbon a cheapy! That warranty tho would have to fill you with confidence and $1000 isn't that bad for a quality item, cheers mate. Having a Patrol - do you have the 'Landcruiser Recovery Vehicle' sticker on the back lol.

The worst winch i have ever had is the most expensive brand Warn Would never buy another Have owned a cheap one and found it fantastic

I recon you get stuck a lot in the y62

You need to sort your audio out, other wise it was good.

I stopped buying electric winches I put in 15000 lb hydraulic winch

Damn, sponsored. I watched though and was glad. Not that I would buy an ebay winch, no never, but to get one with a good warranty. So thanks for the vid.

you make great vids bro 👊🇦🇺

The second you said it was sponsered, I stopped watching, I get enough ads in my life.

Many times you are paying for a name

you get what you pay for...in the USA , the best is WARN of course...I have had mine for 15 or so years, and still going

You must have a very understanding wife, mine performs a song and dance when I want to spend money on my 4x4.

What do people expect. Electric winches have systems. We used to use pto winches.. lol we never knew what a snatch block was. Ever! Pto or hydraulic. But these days you cannot run them. Next best thing. Electric worm winch like a old ramsey or superwinch/huskey. Look at the pulls these winches did on camel trophey. Small motors but huge ratios! What it should be

You get what you pay for, I got y62 and 200 series, if can afford these cars you don’t buy cheap shit, and don’t kid yourselfs weight is strength, buy a warn winch and you will never go wrong, you still need to maintain them and they will last decades, and yes everyone goes rope but for me cable will never let you down.

Honestly brother it really sounds like the excuses I would give my wife to buy the next WARN 12k 😆

Has a y62 but buying ebay winch’s........

How many beers does it take to install a winch...... looks like you were about 6 deep haha

My old mans ebay xbull out performs my useless carbon by far. Nothing but problems been in an out of the car many times, il buy a warm next time

Bro..... Please get your audio sorted out. Really HIGH!!!........... then can barely hear you.

The accent says not from Kansas. So you get stuck down under too.

Buy a shurpa and be done best which by far

Please fix the sound.

I miss the good old days were the videos were not so commercialized and they just got to the point. The BS is longer then my attention span.

This is a paid infomercial!

Any sponsored video is a biased review!

10 seconds in and I'm wondering why some people publish videos with such abysmal sound

good info, piss poor volume control. get a microphone.

Dont waste time. He like to record himself talking with no substance!