harbor freight winches?

[Orion Guide]

i got my winch off ebay, 100 bones and it came with all the mounting plates for my quad!!

[Bearkiller]

I bought a 10,000 pound after reading this. I love it. It's paid for itself. If it broke now I'd go buy another. Very handy. It is slow but it's faster than any alternative I can think of. The only time that sucks is when your done pulling and are just winding it up. Easy to use and install, also.

[BAYDOGG]

Where are these winches manufactured ?? You guys are buying US manufactured... right ?

[Bearkiller]

Who cares? If it can be made for 1/3 of the price else where and that's what I can afford, so be it. Maybe if the feds weren't so unfriendly to business we'd be able to afford american. I mean after all, my toyota was made in kentucky and my chevy in mexico. Makes sense, doesn't it?

[bob baldwin jr]

pegleg : Good point about the batteries .a few years ago my buddy got one at Harbor Freight . I think it may have been the 8,000 lb rated one .Anyhow his kid's snowmobile broke down . He and I went to retrieve it ,Got stuck , NO PROBLEM .Winched it out ,Got back into the truck ,Went to fire it back up CLICK CLICK CLICK . Always leave the power supply running while winching

[montananative]

My experience with harbor freight is you get what you pay for. Some of its crap, but not everything. A couple hundred bucks for a winch i wouldnt have a problem with that if it gets me out a few times.

[twowalkers]

i have one for the rhino works great it is slow buy the waranty and no worrys

[livetohunt]

[quote="BAYDOGG"]Where are these winches manufactured ?? You guys are buying US manufactured... right ?[/quote]


Is there any winches still even made here? I try to buy american made anytime I can but the truth is you can't buy only american made any longer. Every time I turn on the TV or even this Computer I read about another american company folding or selling out to foreign companies.

[Ryan]

My girlfriend ended up getting me a tough stuff 12500 from eBay. I parralled a battery and put it in the bed of my truck. It got me out of a couple of jams this winter and my little s10 had to winch a full size out of the drifts. It's not very fast but so far it paid for itself a couple times. It came with a three year warranty too. I give it a good review so far. I got a hitch mount and cut up and re- welded a front reciever mount so that it didn't kill my ground clearance. I made an extension cord out of welding cable so I can winch myself out backwards if I need to. The winch rides behind the seat so it's out of the weather. I got stuck more this year because I had no fear with the winch in the back. What's a few more dents anyway? I ran without chains more too. I really like having a winch.