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Bullydog 9500 winch?

just wondering if the Bullydog 9500 winch with a synthetic line for roughly 500$ is worth it?

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Permalink Reply by Bz on December 19, 2010 at 12:46am

never heard of them, Warn, Mile Marker, and a couple other ones, but not bullydog...

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Permalink Reply by NyNomad on December 19, 2010 at 8:47am

Mile Maker: pros Vs. cons on a hydraulic winch?

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Permalink Reply by Bz on December 19, 2010 at 1:07pm

Mile Marker is a good winch, I have an electric one that I need to re-build and I've got a Hydraulic winch sitting in my garage.... I haven't yet figured out what I'm gonna do with it...

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Permalink Reply by NyNomad on December 19, 2010 at 5:07pm

http://www.jpmagazine.com/techarticles/trail/154_0907_affordable_wi...

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Permalink Reply by Bz on December 19, 2010 at 5:18pm

The Affordable Winch Review - Winch Buyers Guide

Smittybilt XRC 8--$299.99
In the Box: It's the least expensive automotive winch we tested, but that didn't limit the goodies. For the price listed, Smittybilt includes the winch cable, roller fairlead, winch and fairlead mounting hardware, a forged hook, battery leads, solenoid pack and mounting brackets, instructions, and a remote with red and green LEDs.

Quality and Installation: You've got to install the solenoid mounting brackets yourself, but otherwise the installation is the same as every other winch without an integrated solenoid pack we tested. Our unit had a crack in the body right next to the clutch engagement lever, but it didn't affect the performance of our winch. As it would for any customer receiving damaged goods, Smittybilt offered to replace the unit, but we determined it unnecessary for our testing.

Function and Performance: As the least expensive Jeep winch, we had to make sure it wasn't the cheapest. As a result, we were harder on the Smittybilt than any of our other test winches. Frankly, we got medieval on it with repeated and brutally hard back-to-back pulls. The XRC 8 never stumbled. While the motor doesn't share the same solid, sure sound of some of the other winches (bystanders asked us if there was something wrong with it `cause it just plain sounds funny) it has it where it counts; pulling ability.

Notes:
*Two ways to mount solenoid pack included (above drum or above winch motor)
*Instruction illustrations grainy and hard to read
*Styrofoam packing material had melted and glued itself to some rubber parts of the winch
*Clutch engagement lever very easy to engage, but wobbly
*Motor sounds labored and funny like a Buick 225 odd-fire motor

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Permalink Reply by NyNomad on December 19, 2010 at 5:28pm

i saw that one... my "fj dad" highly suggested 9k+ though.

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Permalink Reply by daPitbull on December 19, 2010 at 5:27pm

If thats your price point take a look at Smittybuilts 10K with synthetc line. Ive heard good things about those.

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Permalink Reply by NyNomad on December 19, 2010 at 5:42pm

?? http://www.amazon.com/Smittybilt-98210-Synthetic-Aluminum-Fairlead/...

that looks tasty

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Permalink Reply by NyNomad on December 19, 2010 at 5:50pm

i keep forgetting i'll need a dual battery set up also to support the winch and future lighting mods... i swear, i'm going to end up with tons of parts and accessories in the garage just to have them all put on at once!