winch - recovery - towing

my warn xd9000i gets dunked a lot and used a lot at p+p sites and has never let me down..

buy cheap buy twice

this one sounds like its pretty good stuff. Noticed its rope and not wire. Is this something that can be changed to suit the individuals needs or preferences etc.

TDS-9.5c 9500 lbs 5.0 HP 173:1 100’ Rope £389

one of the other guys on here was talking about this winch as a great deal.

Price: Was £260.00 Now! £229.57 ex VAT Cat.No: Superwinch LP8500 12v

The Electric Winch Shop - Buy Online 12v and 24v Electric Winches ranging from 6000lb to 24000lb winch capacity for vehicles and trucks

what do you think, is is comparable to the above goldfish winch?

Go for the Goodwinch Goldfish, as good as Warn, some say better, but a lot cheaper, speak to David he will do you deal. He was offering to pay the VAT for purchases made before the 24th December - don't know if its too late to get this?

ill pop an email over to him and see. Cheers. Did you get one?

back to the mind of offroading, what equipment do I need to get. The essentials and the luxury things.

I plan to go greenlaning (once every week or two), and would be cool to get out and about on an offroad course which will not be a frequent thing as they cost big bucks?. But, early days as yet.

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back to the mind of offroading, what equipment do I need to get. The essentials and the luxury things.

I plan to go greenlaning (once every week or two), and would be cool to get out and about on an offroad course which will not be a frequent thing as they cost big bucks?. But, early days as yet.

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recovery points are almost essential

as in jate rings etc? they look as if you simply unbolt the eye rings and pop jates in. front and back yeah?

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as in jate rings etc? they look as if you simply unbolt the eye rings and pop jates in. front and back yeah?

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Cheapest n simplest.But i had a HD bumper on me 110 with a recovery point on.Tough as fook.Would get that again if i had a depender.Lots of options out there.

was looking through the fred, and saw they recomended, tree strops, shackles and snatch blocks. I assume the tree strops, are used to wrap around tree and then attach winch end to? But what are the snatch blocks and shackles for? I plan to go greenlaning usually alone, mostly and about once every week or two. But I guess doesn't matter how often you go out.


Im getting the winch from goodwinch, on this site. http://www.dborc.co.uk/goodwinch/

So trying to get everything at once from them, assuming ill get a better deal. These are some of the snatch blocks or whatever, that they sell. Can you point out the things on the list that are worth getting, they also have the kit for £169.??

Look forward to hearing from you.

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I plan to go greenlaning usually alone,

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Never a good idea.

RUDDdefender90 said:

was looking through the fred, and saw they recomended, tree strops, shackles and snatch blocks. I assume the tree strops, are used to wrap around tree and then attach winch end to? But what are the snatch blocks and shackles for? I plan to go greenlaning usually alone, mostly and about once every week or two. But I guess doesn't matter how often you go out.

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Well ive used em, but also had a steering guard with recovery points.
Snatch blocks are used to reduce the speed whilst increasing the pull power of ya winch.Shackles?Wot you gonna do with ya rope without one?Tie a bow?

are the snatch blocks a good investment then? Which ones, as they show a couple on this site.

Also, is the steering guard the thing the also protects the axel?

Shackles, sound very important then

RUDDdefender90 said:

was looking through the fred, and saw they recomended, tree strops, shackles and snatch blocks. I assume the tree strops, are used to wrap around tree and then attach winch end to? But what are the snatch blocks and shackles for? I plan to go greenlaning usually alone, mostly and about once every week or two. But I guess doesn't matter how often you go out.

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Snatch block is a pulley and does what all pulleys do, reduce load on the winch. but in doing so it slows the speed of pull down and requires extra. rope/cable

RUDDdefender90 said:

are the snatch blocks a good investment then? Which ones, as they show a couple on this site.

Also, is the steering guard the thing the also protects the axel?

Shackles, sound very important then

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Steering gaurds protect the, er ,steering.
Snatch blocks and th correct use of em is a good investment.So possibley could be a winching course

yeah I think your right about the course. So get some tree straps(how many?) , snatch block (any you would rec? and how many) , shackles and a good tow rope, 12 tonn, 8 meters nylon rope yeah. anything els? steering guard sounds like a good investment. they look cool also

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yeah I think your right about the course. So get some tree straps(how many?) , snatch block (any you would rec? and how many) , shackles and a good tow rope, 12 tonn, 8 meters nylon rope yeah. anything els? steering guard sounds like a good investment. they look cool also

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just buy summit like the tmaxx recovery bag kit
u get shackles,snatch block etc all in one bag around £45

do you mean this one Wilt?

T-Max Products

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do you mean this one Wilt?

T-Max Products

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thats the one..nice n compact and all in one bag

dont happen to know where you can buy it from, trying to hunt it down on internet