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: Milemarker Electric Winch?

StinkBug
12-05-2002, 04:58 PM
Is anyone running one? Anyone know if they are worth the incredibly low price? At $350 its the only winch i can afford, but if its a POS i'll just keep saving.

Dallas
reddwarf
12-05-2002, 05:09 PM
My money is on rebadged chinese shit.

Buy one from Harbor Freight (279 I think) and then save up for a better one. Be sure to give us all a write up on the Harbor Freight one in the mean time.:D
44Runner
12-05-2002, 05:25 PM
line speed is 14 FPM compared to an M8000 which is 42 FPM. Hope when you get stuck you got plenty of time ;)

Looks like a total piece of sh!t to me. I would keep savin your pennies...
Dustin Smith
12-05-2002, 07:29 PM
Hell, for an extra hundred, you can buy a Ramsey REP8000. Yeah, it aint gonna br much faster, but at least its a name brand, made in the usa, and the company has been arouns a while. Who knows when the chinese supplier will dry up?
reddwarf
12-05-2002, 08:45 PM
Hopefully they'll stop importing their chincy shit into our country soon.

Interestingly enough though....I read on this very board that the HArbor Freight/Chicago Electric winch is a Ramsey REP with bushings in place of bearings. Weird huh?
TexasBlake
12-05-2002, 09:02 PM
Originally posted by reddwarf
My money is on rebadged chinese shit.

Buy one from Harbor Freight (279 I think) and then save up for a better one. Be sure to give us all a write up on the Harbor Freight one in the mean time.:D

I bought that one, it caught on fire after three uses. Then I had it rewound, then it caught on fire on the first pull.

That winch is the worst product ever made by man, I want to throw it through the window of harbor freight.

Funny how my buddy's M8000 hasn't had ANY problems. Spend your money on QUALITY.

I fawking miss not having a winch even though mine only worked about 10 times.

:mad3: :mad3: :mad3: :mad3:
reddwarf
12-05-2002, 09:10 PM
Wow that sucks.

Man, how bout send me a case of Shiner Bock over here. I can't get it anywhere! :(
TexasBlake
12-05-2002, 09:23 PM
Originally posted by reddwarf
Wow that sucks.

Man, how bout send me a case of Shiner Bock over here. I can't get it anywhere! :(


Sure you can: Type in your city and state here (http://www.shiner.com/distr.html)

Ah yes, I am glad my ranch is 40 miles from Shiner, Tx :D.

How is your harbor freight winch doing? I had just put stainless cable from the department of Navy (for "free") before it :nuke: the second time too.
Dustin Smith
12-05-2002, 09:34 PM
Originally posted by reddwarf

Interestingly enough though....I read on this very board that the HArbor Freight/Chicago Electric winch is a Ramsey REP with bushings in place of bearings. Weird huh?

I somehow seriously doubt this.
TexasBlake
12-05-2002, 09:42 PM
Originally posted by liliysdad


I somehow seriously doubt this.

The only thing needed to know about it is it's a piece of shit. Period.
StinkBug
12-06-2002, 08:34 AM
so does anyone have any actual experience with the MM winch? Anyone know for sure who makes it. I know the FPM #s dont look that great, and the price is too low, but so far i haven't seen anything remotely resembling real experience or actual facts :rolleyes:

Dallas
Medicineman
12-06-2002, 09:23 AM
If you all think Warn Winches are all built with out any overseas China Crap? Smoke Some More!!:D
ZooMigo
12-06-2002, 08:03 PM
Dallas, you should have been out in Moab with us in October... we met up with a guy in an orange toy in Upper who had one of those cheepo winches. slow. real real real slow.

It worked tho.

I dunno, I guess I agree with the rest of the guys here, save your pennies.

Kevin