ok ill ask a stupid question, the plack fell off my 67 800 with d44 front and back, will an 8000 winch (wich i already have) work for me before i put the damn thing on?:confused:

No.
You have to put it on & hook up all the wiring before it will work.:flipoff2:

















Are you asking if an 8k winch is enough?
That depends if it's a good 8k... if its 8274 your fine.

Originally posted by MochaMike
No.
You have to put it on & hook up all the wiring before it will work.:flipoff2:

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Originally posted by oldcholo57
ok ill ask a stupid question, the plack fell off my 67 800 with d44 front and back, will an 8000 winch (wich i already have) work for me before i put the damn thing on?:confused:


????? umm, what?!?!??!?!?

Since your gonna buy that 9500, send me the 8000.:flipoff2:

Originally posted by MochaMike
No.
You have to put it on & hook up all the wiring before it will work.:flipoff2:



:laughing:

And that might be one of the funniest remarks I've read here all day!

seriously.. since you've been a good boy and lurked here for a couple years with out posting much dribble...

it depends..
if you wheel in alot of mud, you want some thing rated for 2x the wight of your rig...
otherwise 1.5x the weight of your rig is ok.

of course you can run a snatch block or two, or three... but it cuts down the speed..

my take on it.. if ya allready got it, and it works, put it on. any winch is better than no winch...

damn confusing first post, but I would like to know what everyone is running in the cable department 8274, 9000, 12000???

Originally posted by troutbum
damn confusing first post, but I would like to know what everyone is running in the cable department 8274, 9000, 12000???

took me 3 min to run outside and find a rig with cable on it, then back to my department.:flipoff2:

5/16 on 10K and up. 3/8 on 9500 and down.

Originally posted by binderbound
5/16 on 10K and up. 3/8 on 9500 and down.
I think you ment 3/8=10k & up 5/16= 9500 & down

yeah, sorry about that. It was still early for me.

You still didn't say what 8000lb winch you have.
I ran a Warn M-8000 for a couple years. Works fine but a tad slow. Even competed with it. If it's just for casual wheelin I say mount it and use it.:)

Once you use an 8274, everything is slow:D I have a PTO winch on my scout 80. That is one slow fawker, but keep the truck running and it will run a comperable Warn electric into the ground.

Yeah...until....


You poop a seal or a leak...then there goes the POWER man! That is what is currently wrong with mine.

I thought:rolleyes: that it was boiling and only boiling over the fluid, and that was the cause of my dilema's...Nope boiling and pissing out the front!


WOOOOOHOOOOO.

Sell the 8000 if it's a lowprofile warn that looks like this one.

http://products.warn.com/warn.nsf/pages/TruckProducts.Winches.winchX8000i.html/$file/X8000i.jpg

Mike Izzy won the 9000lb version at HDR a while back. I've seen it in action, it works but it really strains on a straight pull with the v8 scouts. Look for one that looks like the one below.

http://products.warn.com/warn.nsf/pages/TruckProducts.Winches.winchM8274.html/$file/M8274-50.jpg

This is the 8274, they are strong and this is what we used on surprise canyon. Mike has an old 6000lb model which got him through the canyon with no hiccups - he also had a v8 800 w/44fr 60rr

Brand new they are $$$ but they can be found used in great shape for $500.

:laughing: and dont buy the cheap winches either. I broke a buddies 8000 pound no name brand with out even being in a bind. Thing was a pos. For a scout at least 9000 lbs :D