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Old 09-05-2013, 08:57 AM
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In in the market for a winch and really like the warn zeon series. Any advice on which one you guys like? Any feed back is welcome and appreciated. Also anybody running a quadratec winch?
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I am looking and learning too. Warn uses a drum brake which is bad for synthic rope. Generates heat. Superwinch uses a brake in the gear box. Still want to check into Recon and Engo winches.
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I have been Running Synthetic on warn winches since 2004 with no problems. I am currently running synthetic on a Zeon and really like that new winch .

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I have a warn xd9000i with steel cable and am getting synthetic soon and never heard of warn having problems with anything! Warns are awesome!
OP - a buddy of mine has a 10k quadratec and it's a great winch.... Line speed isn't no where near as fast as a warn but it's a good winch!
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i just spent a lot of time researching winches and it came close between Warn and Quadratec but i just felt better investing in a Warn, went with a 10k synthetic

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Thanks for all the help.
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I bought a 10k engo with synthetic. $426 shipped, I thought that was a great price.

http:// www.krawloff-road.com/produc...-77-10000s.htm

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That does sound like a good price. But how are engo winches? I haven't heard anything about them? Reputable, service, warranty?
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I'm not sure actually, New to the whole off road scene, but I met up with some guys from jk freaks who are running them with no issues.
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Not many people run this winch, but I have the rugged ridge XHD 8500. I really like it and it is not very expensive at all. I pull my JKU out with it and I have absolutely no problems.


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