which winch

marc7 · Oct 24, 2012

hi looking for a cheap winch just for now n again use
has anyone had 1 of these
CHAMPION C12000CTA 12000LB ELECTRIC WINCH 4x4 / RECOVERY | eBay

i,ve done a bit of research on it but not much to find

cheers

robint · Oct 24, 2012

these seem quite a good company localish to me

ELECTRIC RECOVERY WINCH 13000lb 4x4 12volt WINCH-IT QUALITY | eBay

marc7 · Oct 24, 2012

robint said:
these seem quite a good company localish to me

ELECTRIC RECOVERY WINCH 13000lb 4x4 12volt WINCH-IT QUALITY | eBay

yh looks good as well wi free postage bonus

my main concern is how long it will last with being cheap

robint · Oct 24, 2012

if ya worried about cheap costs of a winch best thing is buy an expensive good quality one then !! but for that sort of money its throw away money compared to many

marc7 · Oct 24, 2012

robint said:
if ya worried about cheap costs of a winch best thing is buy an expensive good quality one then !! but for that sort of money its throw away money compared to many

yeh good point

pressbrake · Oct 24, 2012

Champion are ok,most winches other than high end stuff is chinese

MPfive · Oct 24, 2012

I heard nothing but good things about winch it products. Been told their good to deal with aswell.

gazdav · Oct 24, 2012

I have the one from the OP.

It is a good winch for the money. It is not grate for lots of recovers and there are improvements it needs.

I replaced the solenoid with an Albright one.
I have taken it apart and greased it properly as it was a bit lacking there.
I removed the wire rope and put on a plasma line.

Parts are easy to get for it and not to expensive.

wiltshire landyman · Oct 24, 2012

MPfive said:
I heard nothing but good things about winch it products. Been told their good to deal with aswell.

Just dont buy there plasma ropes

gazdav · Oct 24, 2012

wiltshire landyman said:
Just dont buy there plasma ropes

What he said learnd that the hard way then got a real one the second time round.

wiltshire landyman · Oct 24, 2012

gazdav said:
What he said learnd that the hard way then got a real one the second time round.

so did i after the 3rd time

discostew38 · Oct 24, 2012

robint said:
these seem quite a good company localish to me

ELECTRIC RECOVERY WINCH 13000lb 4x4 12volt WINCH-IT QUALITY | eBay

I bought my winch from "winch it on eBay" it's not that one in the add but I've not had any trouble with it I only fitted it as a precaution and its got me out of trouble once but it's there if I need it
All I did was grease the cable so it don't rust

You get what you pay for but if like me you just want something for the just in case then it should be fine

marc7 · Oct 25, 2012

discostew38 said:
I bought my winch from "winch it on eBay" it's not that one in the add but I've not had any trouble with it I only fitted it as a precaution and its got me out of trouble once but it's there if I need it
All I did was grease the cable so it don't rust

You get what you pay for but if like me you just want something for the just in case then it should be fine

cheers mate thanks for the heads up

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