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Author Message   Christian Frezza (Christian) New Member Username: Christian Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 07:49 am:    Got a price for a Warn 8000 winch without roller fairlead for $459.00. Is that a good price and is that a decent winch for my DII with ARB bumper? I don't have the jing to buy a 9000 at the present time.   Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1599 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 08:03 am:    Christian, In my opinion, you should wait and save your money for something a little bigger. You will be thankful you did. Paul '00 Pig   Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 495 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 08:23 am:    yeah, wait and get soemthing bigger. if you are cannot wait and are willing to go thru the hassle of buying another winch when this one burns up, then that is a decent price, if new. rd   Frank Rafka (Mongosd2) Member Username: Mongosd2 Post Number: 58 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 10:59 am:    I agree, the 8k is a little small for the d2's... frank   Christian Frezza (Christian) New Member Username: Christian Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 11:13 am:    Enough said. I'm convinced. I'll wait. Thanks again. Frank, good to see you in here again...Are you going up to the Killington Expedition Society event this year?   gp (Garrett) Senior Member Username: Garrett Post Number: 2124 Registered: 10-2001 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 11:36 am:    especially when you are hauling a big load like Paul around. 8K ain't gonna move him and his truck out of much. especially with all those 40's sitting in the back. "you is one malt liquor picker!"   Frank Rafka (Mongosd2) Member Username: Mongosd2 Post Number: 59 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 11:55 am:    depends...schedule crazy, gotta go to south africa for a show...frank   Ronald E LeFevre (Ronlf) New Member Username: Ronlf Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 12:18 pm:    That is a great price for a M8000. I don't fell that it is too small. If you get in a situation that you are stuck bad, just use your snatch block and now you have 16,000lbs of pulling power. Most it the time you are not pulling your full weight. Ron LF   Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 498 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 12:34 pm:    no you dont have 16k pulling becasue they are lying about what it can pull. if it was the husky 8 k it would be a different story. rd   Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Senior Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 1602 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 01:15 pm:    Yeah Garrett has a good point. Factor in the weight of camping gear, 40's, the dog, and other passengers; it all adds up.   Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 565 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 02:34 pm:    Can't you use a pulley to increase pulling load capacity?   Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 501 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 02:43 pm:    yes, it will practicly double as as said above but if the winch can only really handle 5k effectivley then you double to 10k truck weights 5k plus being stuck often takes more than 10k of pulling force. rd   Roger M (Ciscowiz) Member Username: Ciscowiz Post Number: 48 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 03:33 pm:    Good rule of thumb for winches is weight of truck X 1.5 = Winch rating. I got a Mile Marker E9000 on a ARB and it workes great!   Frank Rafka (Mongosd2) Member Username: Mongosd2 Post Number: 60 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 04:08 pm:    One thing to remember about winch ratings...most are rated on the first wrap on the winch. A Warn 8K only has 6k of pull on the 4th wrap. rigging a 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 will increase the pull, but reduces the distance you can pull. IF the ACTUAL pulling power is only 5K, then at the 4th wrap it only 3k... Frank   Erik Olson (Jon) Senior Member Username: Jon Post Number: 391 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 06:04 pm:    Yes. Curb weight on the Discovery 1 is about 4000 pounds unladen. e   Ron Brown (Ron) Senior Member Username: Ron Post Number: 417 Registered: 04-2001 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 11:24 pm:    where did you get that price? Ron   Erik Olson (Jon) Senior Member Username: Jon Post Number: 392 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2003 - 02:38 am:    4Wheel Parts had them for $499 all of May. Hawse fairlead. e   Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 153 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2003 - 06:04 am:    I've seen 8ks incapable of pulling Rangies that weren't stuck in mud, rather merely didn't have enough traction/momentum to make it up a mild slope. Don't waste your money on it.