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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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just dont buy your significant other a valantines days present and put it towards a warn................she'll understand !!!! tell her that her present is you coming home on time instead of being stuck in the woods all night [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 07:34 PM
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>GO WARN or walk to get a come-along</end quote></div>

That's funny, I HAD a WARN...left me stuck. Lucky my bud was running some cheapo...I mean REAL cheap...pulled me out, we made it home fine.
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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they all can work and they can fail - same with quads, trucks, boats, bikes, jetskis, houses, cars, guns, tvs and on and on and on

GET WHAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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tell that to my buddy and his $50.00 harbor freight winch..3 a.m.I would not get out of bed and HE HAD TO WALK for a comealong..i have been up to the rack in the thickest ,blackest stuff around and had smoke pouring from my winch had 2 snapped frt axels and a hole the sized of a beer can in the frt diff..good ole warn kept pulling 40FT at a time, my buddys harbor fright would not even twitch me...i have pulled him out ( 04 600 sportsman) more times cause his winch just would"nt..
my 2 cents said once again -GO WARN OR WALK HOME -- nuff said
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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YEH.........GO WARN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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haha it sounds like all of the winches break they are the same parts and are all made in china just a sticker and maby a different shell on some. I never saw a cheapo break like i saisd if you are worried buy a spare to bring with you and you will stil spend under 200 dollars when one warn is 300 haha its sounds like a no brainer for me.
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Wenty

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>GO WARN or walk to get a come-along</end quote></div>



That's funny, I HAD a WARN...left me stuck. Lucky my bud was running some cheapo...I mean REAL cheap...pulled me out, we made it home fine.</end quote></div>

haha it sounds like all of the winches break they are the same parts and are all made in china just a sticker and maby a different shell on some. I never saw a cheapo break like i saisd if you are worried buy a spare to bring with you and you will stil spend under 200 dollars when one warn is 300 haha its sounds like a no brainer for me.
now a harbor frate one is diff thats not made for atvs but the gorrillas and venoms are i never had a prob pulling anything including stumps/logs
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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maby the harbor freight was rated for 300 pounds or something like that lol.
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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sprinter10
sorry to challenge your wisdom..your right cheaper is always better..lol..hahah..

hope to se ya in the hole someday!!

just remember SAVAGE IS OUT!!!
 
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Old Jan 23, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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ok well thats how i look at it i have to say if you have money you can do that but i don't have thatmuch money right now.
 
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