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Seabee_BUC:

--- Quote from: One-Eye on January 16, 2008, 03:05:00 PM ---There isn't much of a difference.  I am probably going to get the headers first and then the winch afterwards.  I just wanted to know if there would be anyone interested in grabbing it before I ask elsewere.  Tiss all.  I mean it works great, even with the cracks.  It was cracked during our trip to Mohawk Trails and it pulled a Hummer and the big ass Wagoneer up that last BIG obstacle.  AND (Sorry scott), it pulled that  ass nugget out from behind Wal-Mart the other yellow Jeep with a winch couldn't.....after J.D.'s line snapped!!! 
Boom Headshot!!!

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It WAS pulling and moving that ass nugget just fine until the line snapped... Just for clarification...that Chicago Electric winch we have is what I'd like to call.....shall I say.... cost effective. If it works for 10-15 crucial pulls then it paid for itself, and if it doesn't work on the 16th, I'll be fine spending another $300 bucks for another one...It does the same thing the $1000 winches do, maybe not as fast, but hey it does the trick. And my winch plate is already set up for another on should this one ever crap out...

albsvx:
I've got to say, that personally, having done quite a bit of wheeling in the past 3 or 4 years with organized groups, I have never before (before Sunday) gotten stuck in a manner in which it would have been quicker and easier to have a winch rather than just getting a tug with a tow strap from another vehicle.

So, although winch's are cool an all, if you are only doing legal organized wheeling in groups, then it is rarely a necessity.  Especially before you get into really extreme stuff.

I plan on buying a winch for the tracker first, long before buying one for the yj, and I'm thinking at for the size and weight of the tracker, this winch is probably overkill for me.

HOT-ROD:
nah......... bigger is better.

albsvx:
hahaha

Seabee_BUC:

--- Quote from: albsvx on January 16, 2008, 04:52:16 PM ---I've got to say, that personally, having done quite a bit of wheeling in the past 3 or 4 years with organized groups, I have never before (before Sunday) gotten stuck in a manner in which it would have been quicker and easier to have a winch rather than just getting a tug with a tow strap from another vehicle.

So, although winch's are cool an all, if you are only doing legal organized wheeling in groups, then it is rarely a necessity.  Especially before you get into really extreme stuff.

I plan on buying a winch for the tracker first, long before buying one for the yj, and I'm thinking at for the size and weight of the tracker, this winch is probably overkill for me.

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Those who went on OFR last summer can attest to needing a winch. In a downpour and dark 1/2 way into the trail, there is no way a simple tug with a strap would have gotten even smaller rigs like a Wrangler up these ledges, let alone the 6500lb H2's that were with us! I agree however a strap is almost always faster but there will be times a winch is the right tool for the job...

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