hey, im lookin to be gettin a winch put on my 2 door 09 jk. i have a 3 in. lift with 35's. heavy duty bumpers too, so there is a little extra wight. im not sure how powerful ill need it, just enough to get out of trouble i guess. much thanks to any suggestions.

 

if you are looking to use it every time you go wheeling go with superwinch or warn if you have the money, if not go with smittybilt XRC 10, i did and have had no issues at all and i have done plenty of recoveries.

 

x2.... I run the XRC 10, and for the price you cant beat it...No problems, a dozen or so recoveries with it...

Bryan

 

#1. Buy a Warn.

#2. If you can't afford a new warn, wait for a used one to come up for sale.

#3. Given that you're running 35's, when you get stuck you're likely to get REAL stuck. That means two things: First, I'd reccomend getting a 9500 pound winch instead of an 8000 pound. Second, refer to point #1 above

 

i would go with the smittybilt or rugged ridge ones not bad for the price or check craigslist you really don't new nothing to crazy

 

I've had almost every brand of winch there is and for the last three years I've been running the XRC-8 with no problems at all.

I (and 2 other guys with XRC's) spent 7 hours winching a 4DR through a pretty rough trail after he broke an axle. None of us had any problems and we all use our winches fairly often. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one.

 

I really recommend going with a Warn. I'm currently running a Warn M9500Ti and am very happy with it.

The Smitty's are hard to beat for the price though.

 

I have a Smittybilt XRC 10 and it works well. The controller did fail on me on the trial, but I have heard about Warn controllers failing too.

Superwinch is a good winch (I have one for sale in the for sale area (I won it at a Jamboree)).

Warn is the cats meow, however they are VERY expensive.

Smitty XRC 10 ~ $350
Superwinch Epi9.0i ~ $550
Superwinch EPi9.0s (Synthetic) ~$800
Warn 9500xt ~ $1200(!)

If you have the money and want the best of the best, buy a Warn, but I can buy 4 Smitty's for one Warn.

 

I run the XRC 8 with synthetic and it works very well. I even cracked the derby during the installation, called them and they sent me replacement parts no questions asked and no fee.