Well, for ME to know what YOU need...or at least want, I'd have to know your priorities.

Take the following, answer and put them in numerical order as to their importance to you.

Answer:

Budget to buy a winch________________________

Rated Winch Capacity of the BUMPER it will be mounted to_____________________

Recovery needed from slick conditions/rocks/dirt, deep sucking mud, or both___________


Rankings:

Speed of line slack take-up (No load line speed)______________

Speed of underload take up________________

Willingness to wait for ~ 10 -20 minutes for every 60 seconds of pulling under load______

Water tightness__________

Vibration/Impact resistance___________

Length/Depth of Warrenty_____________

Raw Power across spool winding depth__________

Reliability _________________

__________________________________________________ ________________

Give me the flavor of the above, and I'll hazard a recommendation.

Feel free to flesh out/explain an answer...but, avoid the temptation to ask for the fastest, most reliable and most powerful winch for the lowest amount of money, or other impossiblely vague objective.

 

Teej You are awesome so helpful

 

ssshhhhh!

Don't want to ruin my rep.

 

Great info, Teej.