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Sep 30, 2012 | 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cummins Driver

I dont have a winch on either of my ATV's, but I think its gonna be on my Christmas list. A winch is relatively cheap for the uses it has. I will always be riding with my father in law on his 300 4x4 arctic cat and we have tow straps, but at the same time the winch could be really handy under a lot of situations. I think Im going to go with Viper or superwinch. Im kind of leaning towards viper. Probably a 2000-2500lb unit.

Anyways, my view on it is that you really shouldnt ever need a winch as long as you are with others on 4x4's and have tow straps, but its also that extra insurance that is great to have.

Another reason to have it is if you drive in deep snow. Often the other quads won't be able to get enough traction to pull you out of the deep stuff.

Sep 30, 2012 | 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cummins Driver

Tow straps wont do you any good without a winch when you bust through the ice and there's only one atv there- i've been on both ends of that situation. Wrap the tow strap wroumd a tree or another solid object, and wrap the other end to your rear ayv frame- and then use your winch to yank out your buddy- just be careful because usually you dont use the full pulling power of the winch when just using your atv- as it'll just drag your atv through the dirt as your pulling the other atv out- but when you put your atv between the tree and your buddy and crank it in, your atv becomes a link in that chain and will feel the full (thousands) of lbs of force-

I once used that method to pull an atv out of a deep mud hole-