# looking for a winch
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [December 2, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025 "2006-12-02T11:41:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/1 "2006-12-02T11:41:35Z")
not looking to spend a tone of money but wondering if any one has used one. brand, weight, what size cable it had. i no that warn is among the best but expensive. any advice on off brands or even a used one u know of would be great.
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### Author:  [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/2 "2006-12-02T11:58:06Z")
check harbor freight. theyre not the best, but good enough for occasional use.
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### Author:  [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/3 "2006-12-10T10:54:12Z")
I bought a brand new 8000# Mile Marker with 100’ of 5/16" cable and a roller fairlead on sale for $389. It’s by far not the best winch out there, but it works great for what I’m doing. Keep an eye on the Jeep catalogs like Quadratec or Essentials, they regularly have sales.
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### Author:  [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/4 "2006-12-10T21:13:48Z")
are u using that on ur jeep or something else. i ask because i think my full size chevy is a bit heavier soo i just want something that will pull it.
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### Author:  [@Southtowns27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Southtowns27)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/5 "2006-12-11T15:20:40Z")
Yeah, it’s on my Jeep. It only weighs about 2500 lbs. It’s usually recommended that you get a winch rated at 1.5 times your vehicle weight so the 8000 is really big for my Jeep.
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### Author:  [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/6 "2006-12-12T05:31:42Z")
> [@Southtowns27](#):
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> Yeah, it’s on my Jeep. It only weighs about 2500 lbs. It’s usually recommended that you get a winch rated at 1.5 times your vehicle weight so the 8000 is really big for my Jeep.
:tup: good point, you want to at least get 1.5 times the weight of the vehicle. I have a 3000lbs winch on my 600lbs 4-wheeler which is more than enough. Also look into synthetic rope instead of cable. Its safer, roughly 1/6th the weight, plus it floats in water.
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### Author:  [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/7 "2006-12-12T14:30:41Z")
is that rope as strong ive seen alot of tow straps break and im yet to see a cable break
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### Author:  [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/8 "2006-12-13T08:15:29Z")
yes the synthetic rope is strong. I have Amsteel Blue 3/16" in my winch and its rated for 5400lbs where as 3/16" cable was rated for 4,200lbs. Do some searching on the net for more info.
Here is a chart from one site that gives some comparison.
[http://www.masterpull.com/cpage.cfm?cpid=197](http://www.masterpull.com/cpage.cfm?cpid=197)
Edit: Warn has a 9000lbs rock crawling winch they call the 9.0RC, it uses synthetic rope
[http://www.warn.com/truck/winches/src/9.0Rc.shtml](http://www.warn.com/truck/winches/src/9.0Rc.shtml)
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### Author:  [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-a-winch/21025/9 "2006-12-13T14:31:02Z")
ok cool thanks man i guess im just to lazy