Which winch?

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lexulance
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Which winch?

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:roll: Looking for advice on winches, ive been looking at electric winches, im after something thats not too expensive but reasonably reliable and not too heavy, i realise you get what you pay for but im not running a competition truck and its not that heavy, aprox 1450kg, hilux,RN46, 1983.
any help would be appreciated?
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Re: Which winch?

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one of these http://winch.co.nz/winches/ewx9500-q.html
I understand they are pretty good.
I also happen to have one forsale thats new never been on a truck but now not required. :D
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:) Seems quite high geared, how much do you want for it?
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make an offer, i think they had them on special on the site for 750 at one point on special. Not sure if thats still available
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I would happily vouch for the runva winch. Cheap and reliable. Have put mine to the test a couple of times in kaimai mud and it hasn't failed. I've got an ewx12,000. only thing that has crapped out is the little switch on the side of the solenoid box but that was fixed with a bit of solder. Have heard of problems with the gew series winches but the ewx series seems to be good, and if something does go wrong the NZ agent is great.
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What kind of truck do you have and roughly how heavy is it?
Also is the runva winch reasonably quick, i know it depends on what your stuck in or what your trying to winch up, but over all is the speed acceptable?
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lexulance wrote:im after something thats not too expensive but reasonably reliable and not too heavy,



all the low mount winches seem to suffer water ingress whether you have a chinese one or a warn or superwinch, maintenence and regular strip downs is probably a big factor in reliability
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I've got a solid axle surf, would be a tad heavier than yours at a guess. The speed is acceptable and has pulled out a lwb safari reasonably well. That one rangimotors has got is the fast version which the NZ agent runs on his club class winch challenge suzuki.

Sadam_Husain wrote:all the low mount winches seem to suffer water ingress whether you have a chinese one or a warn or superwinch, maintenence and regular strip downs is probably a big factor in reliability


I remember someone on here saying when they pulled their one apart it was better sealed than a warn. :wink: Pulled my one apart at christmas time after it had been on the truck for just over a year had a look and put it back together still looked mint. And that was after going through thompsons and waitawheta mud
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I have that hi speed runva and think it is good value. its hi geared but runs a 8 hp motor compared to 5.5 for the slower runva so gets its power back from that. I havnt used it much tho. will be going back on a truck in a couple of weeks. buy the new second hand one above, Price relative of course
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yes indeed, buy it before someone else does.
Have some expensive repairs coming up so it will go to trademe if no one here takes it soon.
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