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I have a rural king one for my trailer. Just 3k lb for retrieval of broke junk jeeps lol
I figure it's light and add a ****** block that as much as my 5k lb trailer wants anyway... If my math works ?!?!
I figure it's light and add a ****** block that as much as my 5k lb trailer wants anyway... If my math works ?!?!
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Not sure what else to call one?!?
I have a 12k on my Bronco. Yes, it's over kill, but when the 12k costs less than the 9k, why not! Plus the Badlands have a pretty low duty cycle, but if I'm never pulling anywhere close to max load (Bronco is ~4400 lb), I don't have to worry about it overheating.
What do you think about the quality of the badlands winches? I have been thinking about putting one on my truck since they are considerably cheaper than the likes of Warn or other name brands.
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what are you going to be using it for?
will you be using it three times a day, or three times a year?
if the winch is something going on a recovery vehicle that will be heavily used for long periods of pulling time, go with a quality unit.
if the winch is going to be used for 4 minutes to pull a car onto a trailer once a week the badlands will be more than enough.
like i said earlier, we have a 12 k badlands on the car hauler for the past 5-6 years,and it gets used on average two or three times a week to pull dead cars or trucks up the trailer, and we have never had any problems with it at all.
will you be using it three times a day, or three times a year?
if the winch is something going on a recovery vehicle that will be heavily used for long periods of pulling time, go with a quality unit.
if the winch is going to be used for 4 minutes to pull a car onto a trailer once a week the badlands will be more than enough.
like i said earlier, we have a 12 k badlands on the car hauler for the past 5-6 years,and it gets used on average two or three times a week to pull dead cars or trucks up the trailer, and we have never had any problems with it at all.