need help on winch question....ran across warn m6000 winch and the old warn classic combo mount for 94 truck with fairlead everything looks good and works whats a decent price for this pkg???????Got a few people eyeing it so need to move quick any help would be great...........Thanks

 

Is that big enough for your rig?

Typically a winch is rated for 1.5 x the weight of the rig. I know people that have rigs pushing 4500-5000 lbs

 

Truck is completely stock and is used for hunting and playing,Im hoping the
6k will be enough for occational use

 

It almost certainly isn't.
Weigh your truck with what you travel with, including passenger(s). Any dump, truck stop, whatever, will have scales.
Remember, that pull rating is only for the first wrap of cable.





Fred

 

stock pickup? mines 3,300lbs empty + toolbox + 2 people = maybe 4,000

if you bury it in thick mud up to the frame you might need as much as 3x the trucks weight in pulling force. 6k should be fine for most situations, and you might consider getting a snatch block for more extreme situations.

the other thing to take into account is that with the winch at max load the line speed is way slower than at half load...especially on the cheaper winches. some cheap winches have line speeds of like 4ft/min at max load..run that through a snatch block and you cut the speed in half

 

Get an 8K minimum. A 6K winch would be good on a trailer to pull dead cars on it.

 

Thanks for info and all input will be first winch purchase,if i did decide to go this way what kinda price would sound right for warn m6000 and the old classic combo??????

 

I wouldn't pay more than $250. It's really on the small side of acceptable & not worth hassling or negotiating beyond that. For $350 you can get into the 8k range (used). Personally I'd rather have SOME sort of winch than none. Even if it saves you once & took an hour to do it, it's cheaper than a tow. I'll be slapping an old 4k winch on a trail-only Samurai we're building cuz it's free