badlands 9000 lb winch any good?
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badlands 9000 lb winch any good?
So I've been looking for a winch lately but don't seem to have to much money laying around to spend. So a buddy came up to me and said he has a few brand new 9000lb badlands sitting around and he'd sell me one for 140 which is a great price for any winch!! Buuuuut its a harbor freight brand correct? I was wondering if any of you guys has had much experience with this specific winch. If so I wanna know what yall think about it and reliability cause I never have good experience with harbor freight stuff and tend to stay away
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I've always just had bad experiences with anything I've bought from there before. But I'm thinking 140 for a winch is better then not having one at all!! Even if it saves me once it'll be worth it
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4wheeler mag one just did a "winch shoot out" , and the HB winch wasnt tested, because it didnt work out of the box.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/techartic...out/index.html
http://www.fourwheeler.com/techartic...out/index.html
i see another winch test in a different mag. and they ran a bunch of test but they did the under water test as number two so they could kill off a few off brand ones. if they really wanted to compare all the winch equally. should have done the under water test last since they were never rated to run under water..
its all about who advertises with them. in other words. MONEY. if the top dogs lose money to cheaper and just as good winches. those top dog winch companys wont advertise in their mag anymore.
just like the news stations do undercover stories on oil change places. they never attack dealerships (brand names that has ads with them) but smaller companies like jiffy lube *not that i care for them lol* just saying
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But yeah, I don't buy power tools there that I expect to last. But I'll be damned if they don't do the job as long as they do though. And cheaply I might add.
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So I decided I'm gonna get it off my buddy, for 140 brand new it'll be a good deal. But I don't have a bumper to mount it too yet so you guys will have to wait a few weeks to get my opinion on performance!
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