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Old 04-05-2004, 02:00 PM
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onboard air or winch?

Looks like I might have some extra cash in about a month to put into my truck. Leading candidates are onboard air (Quick Air 3 or the like w/ Roger Brown 4air system) or a winch.

Onboard air would get more use, but a winch would be more valuable if/when it was needed.

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Do any of your wheeling buddies have either? If they have a winch...I say go air. If they have air...I say winch. If they have neither...I say go winch for saftey
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go for the winch! When when you go wheeling, take along one of those portable compressors which cost $15 as an emergency back up incase you find yourself in a sticky situation.... This what I would do.
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Between those two? Air means lower tire pressures and less chance to get stuck. Winch means when you are stuck, you get out.

I say you can't go wrong with either.
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A which definitely has the greater cool factor, but the air will definitely get more use, so is a better "investment".

Hmmmm....
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Originally Posted by jacksonpt
A which definitely has the greater cool factor, but the air will definitely get more use, so is a better "investment".

Hmmmm....
Go for the winch. Mine saved my a$$ last week. Without it I would have probably wasted an entire afternoon shoveling and hi-lifting. Now my wife actually "likes" having a winch on our 4runner!
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I would go for the winch. In my opinion, mine paid for itself the first time it pulled me out of a mess.
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