I see several different cheaply priced winches on E-Bay. I am wondering if anyone has bought a cheap winch and how it lasted.

 

I have a champion winch I bought earlier this year. So far, it has worked everytime I needed it to[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] They are made by the same people who make superwinch, cabela's winches and a couple of others[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

I got a 2000lb champion in august and its pulled me out what every gets me stuck plus if i do burn it up I can get another from costco from 70 bucks(canadian that is) so itdoes the job if your pulling every now and then without the $400 cost of a Warn.

 

I bought one off ebay $60 last yr. still works good. although dont leave the controler out in the weather if you leave the winch on the quad. mine got water in it from leaving the quad out side. I had sold the quad it was on and the winch sat in the garage and when I put it on the new quad the controler shorted out. smoked the wires bad. freeked me out.
but the winch still works fine. just got another controler

 

i have a 3000# venom winch that i got off e-bay. its been on since oct. 1 and so far its been flawless. if i ever do have problemswith it, i can go to their site and get new parts at pretty good prices. it was $ 179 delivered with model specific mount and roller fairlead.

 

I have a Venom #2500 and so far it has been fine, the switch will freeze if it is under 25 degrees but I have pulled myself out and plowed with it with no problems.

 

That was a fun ride tonight..Iwish we could of got pics of my new rinny in that mud hole. Well if u want u can check out my winch next week. I got it on ebay for 100 bucks. It looks like a warn. same specs. Oh yea nice pics of the wrecked warrior.See ya

 

I bought 2 from Costco this past summer.(Champion brand)$70 can,with remote.One is on the Honda 450ES for the snowplow.Works great.

 

i also got the 2500 venom whinch from e-bay and mounted it on back (check out my pic ) and has been a pretty good buy so far.

 

I have a 3000 Warn...I am a dealer so the $$ didnt hit me as hard...I was gonna buy a cheap winch but I cant rely on anyone else to pull me out because I have the heaviest and most capable bikes of anyone I ride with so I plunked down the $$....FYI the DEALER cost on a 3.0ce is north of $390