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Feb 2, 2007 | 12:32 PM

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Winch From Sams

Just thought I'd pass this on-I heard that Sams Club sold a 7500lb Ramsey winch for 300 bucks, so I looked on thier website and there it was. Most of the stores in my area are sold out of them, As soon as I find a store that has one in stock I'm gonna go check it out and see if it seems beefy enough. 7500lbs isn't as big a winch as I'd like, but you can't beat it for 300bucks- if its a real Ramsey. Anybody bought one of these?

Feb 2, 2007 | 01:35 PM

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From: Senoia, GA

i had 3 and broke all three within 2 months

i have had my warn 8274 i bought used for $75, rebuilt it for about $50 and has served me well for the past 3 years! it'll drag my 7500lb CC/LB PSD like its nothing!

Feb 2, 2007 | 02:39 PM

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7500lb is def way too small, i guess it'd be good for a stock jeep or toyota or maybee a big 4 wheeler

Feb 2, 2007 | 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by quadzjr

7500lb is def way too small, i guess it'd be good for a stock jeep or toyota or maybee a big 4 wheeler

?????????????

i've run the 8274 on my bronco, PSD, and white truck and it NEVER gave me a problem! its an 8000lb'er. my PSD weighs a lil over 8000 loaded and it still pulls single line with all 4 tires locked down

-cutts-

Feb 2, 2007 | 03:55 PM

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im jus curious what do you use you winch for?, rock crawlin?

i know if you totally sink 40's or 44's under mud on a full size truck, a 8000lb winch isn't going to help at all.

or maybe im just used to some nastier mud

Feb 2, 2007 | 04:02 PM

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i use my winch for everything! i have used it on the rocks in the bronco trying to climb a vertical rock wall and had the winch help keep my nose down. used the winch on the powerstroke a once with a loaded trailer and once to literally pull down a tree. but i mostly used the 8274 to drag my white truck out of the mud. last time i used it on theat truck i was at a buddies house and found some dozer tracks. i got my 1 tons high centered and for the rest of mud stretch (about 50 yards) i had to use it to drag the truck out. tires didnt touch hard ground for almost the entire 50 yards. also had a bad stuck in my back yard in the swamp, buried 3 of the 4 tires (one was on a root) and had to winch out. that time i used a ****** block b/c i didnt wanna snap my brand new AmSteel blue so i was trying to be cautious, but after using the stuff for so long i know it would have handled it

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Feb 2, 2007 | 04:32 PM

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From: Cocoa, FL

i dont know then, but i know for fact that when you sink 40's in the mud down here, the suction on the tires is so great that using a 10000lb is sketchy, ive seen a s-10 on cut 44 boggers get stuck, and a 12000lb winch burnt up trying to pull it, i guess its just the mud, i dont know