Has anybody out there used a tusk winch from rockymontain atv. Are they anygood? A 3000lbs winch is only 179.99 but you have to get a 60 mounting plate. And which is the best Warn,Trail tamer,Ramsey,Tusk,Superwinch come on i know you 4X4 guys got something to say about this!

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Never heard anything bad about the Tusk, I have owned the Ramsey and Warn and never had any problems. Currently I have a 2500 lb Warn.

 

I've used Warn on the trucks, Jeeps, and quads. I burnt the motor on the Warn 8000 on the Jeep and it's being fixed right now. I'd recommend Warn since they've saved me a million times.

 

thanks but a warn is not in the price range. They are sweet though i have a friend with one on a 500 sportsman H.O. special edition. More repleys would be greatly apreciated.

 

Have you tried to do a search about Tusk? Try going back at least 6 months. There's been a little bit written about it.

 

I've used the Tusk 2000 now for a month with a Recon. No problems so far. Package seems to be ok, quality ok also. Can't say about longer term reliability [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Ooops, forgot to say in the last post; The installation plate was really a simple piece of metal, so if you have some tools and skill, I would propose making that yourself.

 

The mounting plate is very simple. All you need is a flat piece of steel and know where to drill the holes. You'd still need to get some "U" shaped bolts to mount it to the frame and the fairlead.

 

All I know is a few years back a freind and i were way back in the woods hitting some huge mud holes. He got stuck i mean really stuck, when we tried using his winch witch was a cheaper brand like super winch or something we heard a pop and then nothing, the motor would run but nothing moved. We spent the next 3 hours geting him out. after that he bought a warn A2000 and not another problem I put a warn 2.5 ci on my machine and its been a life saver many times, even pulled cars and a van out of the mud and one ditch. But on something like a winch its worth it to buy the good stuff. Thats just my 2 cents.

 

i had a warn a2500 but stripped it out. was pulling a stump the size of my upper arm and it stripped the winch out. i now have a rule 3300 and the stump didnt know what hit it. i was using a ****** block on the warn and it didnt move. just used the straight pulling power of the rule and up came the stump. plus its quieter and doesnt get as hot