which winch

Maximous · Post by **Maximous** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:18 pm

what winch would be good for our trucks, wieght wise, i found a good deal on like a 11000 pound winch, and thats cool and all but will that drop my front end to low low statuts, what is a good wieght to pull winch for our truck, oh yeah currently i am running stock shocks, this will be a good excuse to replace those at someone elses cost (my mom is gonna buy me a winch for my birthday, 21st, and if they get it mounted before i get home, they might go ahead and say "well, i guess he needs better shocks" pretty smart huh)

Maximous · Post by **Maximous** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:40 pm

also, what is the + and - of electric versus hydraulic

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:08 am

cant say i know too much about electric vs hydraulic...but our trucks weight in at 4500 lbs..so that 11000 seems about right. i have a 8000 on my 3k buggy. dont get me wrong, a smaller winch will work fine, BUT its better to over build a little for that one time when you really need it

malkavian · Post by **malkavian** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:08 am

ive always heard 2x the weight of the vehical. is that true?

Post by **HenryJ** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:48 am

malkavian wrote:ive always heard 2x the weight of the vehical. is that true?

Probably, since I have heard 1.5 x vehicle weight is a good place to start.