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by **trouble** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:30 am

daryn wrote: except kitty has been on the end of it,

WHAT!!!!!!!

by **daryn** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:55 am

trouble wrote:
daryn wrote: except kitty has been on the end of it,

WHAT!!!!!!!

Winch, can you not read, or is that the only thing that is on your mind Stifler.

by **trouble** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:56 am

25mins for a response ............................bit slow me thinks!!!! :lol:

by **daryn** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:11 am

trouble wrote:25mins for a response ............................bit slow me thinks!!!!

I'm not a public servant, so I actually work for a living. :twisted:

by **al coholic** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:46 am

Cowboy Dave wrote:From what I gather one of the Aldi winches got a workout over the weekend and held its own, which is good to see.

it certainly went ok

but works better when you're not in park with the handbrake on!! :twisted:

hey geek

by **Blue** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:58 am

al coholic wrote:
Cowboy Dave wrote:From what I gather one of the Aldi winches got a workout over the weekend and held its own, which is good to see.

it certainly went ok but works better when you're not in park with the handbrake on!! hey geek

Static load test...???

by **4wd26** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:17 am

gee that sounds a bit like the fridgie on training day -and I must admit I also had mine in park (for a while) when kitty pulled me out

by **Cowboy Dave** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:19 am

Geek has always been one for extreme product testing.

by **Mooons** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:49 pm

Mooons wrote:http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/84915/Which_winch_bullbar_for_76_series_landcruiser.aspx
Found this I know it's a little off topic
I'm going into ARB tomorrow to ask

I was quite surprised to find out today that the guy at ARB didn't know what the rating of the bar was

Didn't think you would fit a 12,000lb winch on it
But did have the same opinion as Chopper in that 12,000 lb wasn't required on a triton
Edited due to being unco

by **ag9111** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:09 pm

122,000 lb winch.

You could do some damage with that :lol:

by **chopper** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:41 pm

Dion on Overlander has it in writing (from ARB) that the ARB Sahara bar on his Pajero is only rated to a 9500lb winch.

by **SEJ GLX-R** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:49 pm

I also asked at ARB today and he too told me the rating is 9500lb. He did go on to say that the cheaper winches probably aren't a true 12000lb anyway (I tend to agree)

He has never heard of a 9500lb winch bending the bullbar though.

Mooons, have you tried to loosen off the mounting bolts to see if it will come back straight? I think it may have just slipped on one side.

by **godzilla_rising** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:52 pm

Well at least that possibly makes things a little easier (and possibly cheaper as well

)

by **mattz** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:53 pm

SEJ GLX-R wrote:.

Mooons, have you tried to loosen off the mounting bolts to see if it will come back straight? I think it may have just slipped on one side.

I was thinking the same thing.

by **borngeek** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:56 pm

Blue wrote:
al coholic wrote:
Cowboy Dave wrote:From what I gather one of the Aldi winches got a workout over the weekend and held its own, which is good to see.

it certainly went ok but works better when you're not in park with the handbrake on!! hey geek

Static load test...???

Cowboy Dave wrote:Geek has always been one for extreme product testing.

yep yep, what Blue and CD said

by **bill65** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:14 pm

Mooons wrote:
Mooons wrote:http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/84915/Which_winch_bullbar_for_76_series_landcruiser.aspx
Found this I know it's a little off topic
I'm going into ARB tomorrow to ask

I was quite surprised to find out today that the guy at ARB didn't know what the rating of the bar was
Didn't think you would fit a 12,000lb winch on it
But did have the same opinion as Chopper in that 12,000 lb wasn't required on a triton
Edited due to being unco

you will end up with the bullbar in your hand :lol:

by **Mooons** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:47 pm

mattz wrote:
SEJ GLX-R wrote:.

Mooons, have you tried to loosen off the mounting bolts to see if it will come back straight? I think it may have just slipped on one side.

I was thinking the same thing.

Haven't had time yet I have deff bull bar damage but I think not from winching
I have a buckle / crease in left wing just outside of winch mounting point
As I was in vehicle at the time it was hard to tell if wing was resting on anything as I winched
It's all part of 4x4ing I spose
& bill I fixed up the typo :lol:

by **Longranger1** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:03 pm

I'm running a Warn XD9000 like yours Mooons, are you happy with it? Mine's ok, but I wouldn't say it's an outstanding winch. Good parts availability though, and reliable. Just unspool and rewind once a month and they are usually ok. Not especially waterproof I've found as well.

Some cheap winches could put you in a precarious position if they let go at the wrong time in a tricky recovery, that's what makes me baulk at having one.

by **Mooons** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:11 pm

Maintainence is the key
And I've been told a few times the best upgrade for the XD9000 is to swap out the motor for one off the 9500 ones more HP and a lot faster (new motor is about $500 so an old one off eBay may be worth looking for)

by **Lanceuppercut** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:22 pm

I was looking at www.solarenergystore.com.au they got a 12000lb winch on sale from 1100 to 399wire or synthetic 599 what use think

by **snowman** on Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:25 am

Mooons wrote:Haven't had time yet I have deff bull bar damage but I think not from winching
I have a buckle / crease in left wing just outside of winch mounting point
As I was in vehicle at the time it was hard to tell if wing was resting on anything as I winched
It's all part of 4x4ing I spose
& bill I fixed up the typo

Don't take this the wrong way Mooons but there is a collective sigh of relief that this was not caused by your winch load.

by **Mooons** on Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:59 am

Its all good snowy it's going in for a wheel alignment soon so I will have a better idea on what went wrong :lol:

by **dan.batto** on Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:06 pm

Mooons wrote:Haven't had time yet I have deff bull bar damage but I think not from winching
I have a buckle / crease in left wing just outside of winch mounting point
As I was in vehicle at the time it was hard to tell if wing was resting on anything as I winched
It's all part of 4x4ing I spose
& bill I fixed up the typo

Just a thought from the passengers seat.... Remember the tree growing from the front passenger wheel, also remember how you came crashing into the bank on the same side, an lastly remember me saying I thought you may have done some panel damge in that area....

Maybe might help....

by **ag9111** on Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:03 pm

dan.batto wrote:
Mooons wrote:Haven't had time yet I have deff bull bar damage but I think not from winching
I have a buckle / crease in left wing just outside of winch mounting point
As I was in vehicle at the time it was hard to tell if wing was resting on anything as I winched
It's all part of 4x4ing I spose
& bill I fixed up the typo

Just a thought from the passengers seat.... Remember the tree growing from the front passenger wheel, also remember how you came crashing into the bank on the same side, an lastly remember me saying I thought you may have done some panel damge in that area....

Maybe might help....

Dobbed in

by **Mooons** on Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:54 pm

dan.batto wrote:
Mooons wrote:Haven't had time yet I have deff bull bar damage but I think not from winching
I have a buckle / crease in left wing just outside of winch mounting point
As I was in vehicle at the time it was hard to tell if wing was resting on anything as I winched
It's all part of 4x4ing I spose
& bill I fixed up the typo

Just a thought from the passengers seat.... Remember the tree growing from the front passenger wheel, also remember how you came crashing into the bank on the same side, an lastly remember me saying I thought you may have done some panel damge in that area....

Maybe might help....

Mate can you deleate this before the Mrs Mooons sees it :evil: