[85f150]

i think i need to buy this....

http://www.4wheelparts.com/product2.asp?imseqn=1121&occlass=MILE&cat=WIN
it is on sale for $599 12000LB MileMarker winch.

Now my new problem is how will i pay off my new bill..
:cry

Now when i purchase this should i weld the body to the frame so when i pull it out of the muck the body comes too and not just the frame. :banghead


:histerica

 

[seboh]

Save your money. Get a Warn later.

 

[85f150]

Yea, i understand Warns popularity but if milemarker was good enough for the military what is wrong with it for me.

 

[seboh]

You're thinking of the hydraulic winches.... those are another beast entirely.

Take a look at the specs:

MM 12K
1st -- 12000#
2nd -- 9,210#
3rd -- 8.030 #
4th -- 6,894#

Warn M12k
1st -- 12,000#
2nd -- 11,120#
3rd -- 10,340#
4th -- 9770#
5th -- 9250#

So the Warn pulls harder with all the cable wound than the MM pulls on the 2nd wrap. For all intents and purposes, the MM is really more like a 9500# winch... it's only going to pull hard for the first few feet. Beyond that, it's specs are nearly nose-nose with smaller Warns like the HS9500. Not only that, but it holds 25' less cable than the Warn.

 

[welndmn]

Thats a screaming deal!
Yeah you need to get more cable off the drum for it to pull as hard as the warn, But for nearly the 1,000 differance, I would just use a snatch block when needed

 

[Blaze]

I think it's a pretty good deal...I understand what Seboh is trying to say and for extreme wheelin' it's prolly true..but most people can get by with a 9500 winch, and if your saying the 1200 has the same stats as the Warn 9500 then lets compare those two...
(going by your facts I don't know them just trusting your facts) so the stats are the same except that the MM pulls harder in the first turn and it's a hellova lot cheaper, who cares that the "name" is 1200 if it should be 9500...dollar for pound is the important part to me...:shrug

 

[seboh]

But for nearly the 1,000 differance,

You talking $1000 or 1000#? The Warn is $1k, the MM is $600.

The 9500# Warns are about $800.

Personally, a winch isn't where I'd be trying to save money... not exactly the piece of hardware that I want disappointing me on the trail.

 

[welndmn]

Math is hard when you don't read.
your right, its only 1000, with a 400$ differance, still a lot of money

 

[seboh]

Yeah, but since the MM *needs* a snatch block and an extension line to compete with the Warn, the cost difference isn't quite so bad....

 

[85f150]

for me that winch would work well because i am not one of those crazy people like you guys burying your truck up to the windows....yea i was looking for specs on the cable but couldn't find them...i was still debating on spending th money on the 15000lb warn winch then i should never have to upgrade.

:lolup

 

[ultimatebronco]

why would you want the 15,000# when you can have THIS

 

[Broncobob]

:drool:

 

[Andy351]

why would you want the 15,000# when you can have THIS

screw that, this winch takes the cake

 

[85f150]

the only prob is how am i suppose to mount that to my truck...warn cam out with a new winch :rockon :shocked

 

[SquattyD]

you dont need the 15k or the 12k. get the 9500hs and be done with it.

 

[85f150]

yea right...i love overkill....my bumper is made from 3/8" thick i beams...i hvae hit a tree in the woods at about thirty...stopped me dead in my tracks but didn't break any thing that i could see :toothless ..... Those crazy people in 4 wheel and off road toated a 15000lb on their super duty...

 

[SquattyD]

yeah, that superduty prob weighs 10,000 lbs. and they were pulling thru deep mud and up the entire helldorado. now they have a 24v 4 battery setup. they are going to have a hard time smokin this winch.

 

[85f150]

maybe i do need to change my mind found this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2444655905&category=43984

the warn 15000lb winch, nib, at only 850 right now..that is alot cheaper than what any mag wants for them......:uhoh3 :crazy

 

[Andy351]

yeah, that superduty prob weighs 10,000 lbs. and they were pulling thru deep mud and up the entire helldorado. now they have a 24v 4 battery setup. they are going to have a hard time smokin this winch.

this guy had the warn 15k winch. he smoked it.

probably because he got stuck right at the beginning and then tried to pull himself all the way down the pit with the winch. what a ****.

 

[85f150]

thats pretty dumb but also he had a super duty wich ways just a few more pounds than my f150..plus if i buy a winch i would do like 4wheeler and switch to 24 volt just for the overkill