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Chris86

Member Since: 15 Jul 2014
Location: South Yorks
Posts: 789

Hi,

I would be very tempted to give David Bowyer a call- for a combination of a decent quality winch and good parts support at reasonable prices I think the Goodwinch ones are pretty hard to beat.

He also has some cracking deals on on packages at shows.......

I had a well worn, Warn on my 110 when I got it- I had planned to strip it, service it and rebuild it but by the time I had priced up all the parts it was cost prohibitive. They are lovely bits of kit however.

Withe regard to cable or rope, I prefer rope to use- and referring to your comments about failure- ropes store a lot less energy so if they do fail *tend* to be less spectacular/catastrophic- also its a fair bit of weight to have hung out over the front axle once you factor in the bumper, winch and cable.......

I completely agree however that there are some environments where I would definitely take a cable over a rope, its just a case of making an informed evaluation of how/where you plan to use it.

If you are in no hurry to buy we can have a chat about winches when you come up to the trip in a week and a bit- there will probably be a few vehicles with them fitted to have a look, also I would expect there will be a fair bit of experience to have a chat with folk (myself and Ian included).

Chris

1st May 2018 11:11am

m3vert

Member Since: 15 Mar 2018
Location: Central Scotland
Posts: 162

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1st May 2018 11:27am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

I recently completed a BORDA winch training course and, on the day, we had two vehicles with synthetic and one with steel cable. It was immediately obvious how much more convenient and easy to use the synthetic ropes were. We talked about the pro's and con's of the two types and concluded that whilst there's a place for steel cable in some applications, for the vast majority of vehicle uses synthetic rope is the better choice.

For my use, I want the winch to be demountable and hence as light as possible, so it'll have to be synthetic. Darren

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1st May 2018 11:33am

m3vert

Member Since: 15 Mar 2018
Location: Central Scotland
Posts: 162

Chris86 wrote:
Hi,

I would be very tempted to give David Bowyer a call- for a combination of a decent quality winch and good parts support at reasonable prices I think the Goodwinch ones are pretty hard to beat.

He also has some cracking deals on on packages at shows.......

I had a well worn, Warn on my 110 when I got it- I had planned to strip it, service it and rebuild it but by the time I had priced up all the parts it was cost prohibitive. They are lovely bits of kit however.

Withe regard to cable or rope, I prefer rope to use- and referring to your comments about failure- ropes store a lot less energy so if they do fail *tend* to be less spectacular/catastrophic- also its a fair bit of weight to have hung out over the front axle once you factor in the bumper, winch and cable.......

I completely agree however that there are some environments where I would definitely take a cable over a rope, its just a case of making an informed evaluation of how/where you plan to use it.

If you are in no hurry to buy we can have a chat about winches when you come up to the trip in a week and a bit- there will probably be a few vehicles with them fitted to have a look, also I would expect there will be a fair bit of experience to have a chat with folk (myself and Ian included).

Chris

Hi thanks for that Chris much appreciated. I have looked at his winches and they do look good, however all way above what I can justify on one. I have the bumper to fit next week, and was hoping to have it fitted for coming up actually. I am swaying towards the Warrier as it ticks all the boxes for me, its not going to see a lot of action so I reckon I will go that route. I am sure there are many other things I will be asking you about when I am up!!

Thanks and see you on the 13th

1st May 2018 11:35am

jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 8063

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

You will pay more for a goowinch but it will last a lot longer with little use than anything else. We see a great deal of our customers with other brands on driving days, after a year or so 90% are not working, usually through lack of use and then they switch to a tds.

Warn are good but spares are £££

You get what you pay for with winches. I have used most types competing for 15years or so and teaching in last 10yrs. Cheers

James
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1st May 2018 4:33pm

m3vert

Member Since: 15 Mar 2018
Location: Central Scotland
Posts: 162

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Well I headed the advice and went for the synthetic rope! Bit of a guddle fitting it due to the steering guard touching the new bumper, which was a pain! After a mate grinding it off and his electrical skills in wiring it up it’s all good to go now

went for the Warrier Spartan 12,000lb in the end and very happy with the result!

11th May 2018 5:35pm

legin

Member Since: 22 Jul 2017
Location: Chelmsford Essex
Posts: 1004

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Santorini Black

Looks a very nice set up ,When I ran a recovery firm 10 years ago we had wire on the lorry's because it took more wear and tear and damage was easy to see and synthetic rope on the Land Rovers,Having seen wire rope break in use I would now only use synthetic rope ,but it far from idiot proof which why even today recovery firms still use wire.

Synthetic rope in use on a Dave Bowyer Superwinch ,I think the synthetic rope was called bowline at the time !

11th May 2018 6:33pm

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