So i was looking thru my offroad magizine and i came a cross a 3000 pound winch tha i want to purchase and i want to know if that will be good enough for a 88 toyota extended cab?

 

definitely not.
a 3000 pound winch is great for hoisting logs onto the bed of a truck, but pulling your truck out of a ditch would be a catastrophe lol

 

that 3000lb winch might be for a 4wheeler or somehting like that.. Your 5500lb truck, stuck somewhere.. would easily feel like 10,000lbs!

 

I'd recommend you shop in the 8,000 lbs pull category. My Warn m8000 hasn't let me down, ever. Your vehicle weighs over 3,500 lbs so a 3,000 lbs pull winch won't get you unstuck, and would be marginal, even if you run a snatch block.

3000 lbs winches are for ATVs.

 

alright lol thats what i was thinking but i wasnt sure lol cuz it would be awsome to have one

 

I have a Mile Marker 8000 pound winch. It hasn't failed me yet. I purchased it through Costco online, and they will warranty it no questions asked. It cost me about $390, delivered to my house.

 

It is recomended that your winch be rated for 1.5 times the weight of ur vehicle. If it was me, I'd go by gross weight (found on ur door plate) and round up. so say close to 5,500 x 1.5 = 8,250. a good brand winch say like Warn 8,000 would do fine. If ur getting a cheap brand u might want to step up to a 9,000 lb.... U could always double up using a snatch block with a smaller winch but then hope the cable holds up and if it snaps it could do some severe damage... in other words, I'd only put a 3,000 lb winch on my 4wheeler.

 

I like 4crawlers method. Go weigh your truck with your normal gear, full tank of gas. Then multiply by 1.5. I didn't actually do that liked the thought.

my 9000lbs t-max has saved our butt several times, full gear and frame sitting on the snow.

Keep in mind it is not just the weight of the vehicle you gotta move, but pulling it from what ever its stuck in. I'd argue that a 6,000lbs winch is too light.

Shop around.

 

the military did a demonstration on Dirty Jobs (discovery channel) and they pulled out a stuck humvee by hand.....they just ran a bunch of snatch blocks..lmao

sure..if you got a 3000lb winch..you could run the cables in the right way to multiply that winches capacity MANY MANY MANY times its said weight..

although it probably wouldnt last more than one or 2 pulls..hahahaha

just get a nice 8,000 or 9,000lb winch...or a 10,000..lmao

 

smitty 8k winch. good product, great price.

 

3 snatch blocks, and two or three guys, the torque from pulling is increased with each snatch block..

 

gorilla a good brand?
and thanks all for the advice and stuff lol

 

yep..you actually dont need a winch..if you got enough time..you can get a REALLY LONG rope...or cable..whichever..run a bunch of snatchblocks..and pull your truck out by hand..its possible..

just get a Smittybuild XRC8..they are NIICEE and have a greeaatt price..

i havent heard many bad things about gorilla...actually no bad things..of course not many people own them that i talk to..lol

 

Ive got to add to this that the stock humvee was down in a ditch, in a sand dune like atmosphere. ("walking on line")


And to add to the debate of the OP, recently i have been thinking. A warn m8000 goes for about $700-900. A Tmax 12000 pounder goes for similar. A cheaper winch using less of its capability or a "stronger" (<-- completely debatable) warn m8000 using all shes got to get the truck out of the ditch?

 

Snatch blocks are great and all, but you've only got what, 100 feet of winch cable?

 

yes..but they also sunk a BIG duece and a half (really big truck..hows that..like 4wd semi big..lmao) in a mud hole..and pulled it out using snatch blocks..

if i ever get a winch..which i will..and it will likely be an XRC8, i will get a couple of snatch blocks..and numerous other things to help be safe..lol..but i likely wont use half of it hahaha

 

x 4 on the smitty.. ive used mine allot

 

idk lol ill have to save up an yway but i was looking for a cheap winch i guess but lol money money money eh but idk yet ill have 2 see when i get paid

 

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lol. way too funny