Will 8k winch cut it.

Was picking stuff for a upcoming oil change at a local parts/4x4 store. and seen they have a smittybilt 8k on sale. Will a 8K winch cut it for a Disco 2? In the process of doing research now I know nothing about winches and its all greek to me at this point . I dont really see using it for extened winching. just here and there.

I have a Chinese no-name 8k that came on my Defender, that thing has pulled my ass out of mud up to the sliders a few times and still runs strong.

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I have a Chinese no-name 8k that came on my Defender, that thing has pulled my ass out of mud up to the sliders a few times and still runs strong.

good to know thanks matt everything i have read goes into the smallest detail i am working on trying to figure it out.

get a snatch block, then you have a smmittybuilt 16k winch

I was planning on picking up a smittybilt this year, but after reading an article about in four wheeler "multi winch shootout" I think I may order an engo. It fared the best out of all the winches, although it seems the scoring was skewed slighly to favor warn. I've also seen the engo's priced the same as smitty's, under 300$ shipped.

http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/129_1107_massive_multi_winch_shootout/index.html

is the engo watrns entry line? Ihad a warn rep tell a buddy recently to stay away from their entry level winches because they suck. Cheap parts meant to compete with Harbor freight etc, cheap parts=stripped gear teeth and the what have you. Wait an extra month and save the extra scratch

An 8k will work fine just invest in a good heavy duty snatch block.

Tabor was warn's entry level.

About engo:

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Spawned from the former CFO of Mile Marker winches, Engo is a new up-and–coming winch manufacturer with an emphasis on quality, value, and customer service. Engo has a full line of recovery winches available from 3,000 to 12,000 pounds.

The winch I was looking at is a 9000lb winch. And it has a lifetime mechanical warranty, like warn.

http://thejeephut.com/?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=64

the 9k winch is 289, and the 10k is $314 shipped.

i have the 8k lb Warn on my truck with a Warn snatch, and a 100' synthetic line. the only time i had trouble was when it was completely under icy water. and a chunk of ice had taken out the solenoid earlier in the day. it still worked but was smoking pretty good and at the time i didnt have the snatch hooked up.

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I was planning on picking up a smittybilt this year, but after reading an article about in four wheeler "multi winch shootout" I think I may order an engo. It fared the best out of all the winches, although it seems the scoring was skewed slighly to favor warn. I've also seen the engo's priced the same as smitty's, under 300$ shipped.

http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/129_1107_massive_multi_winch_shootout/index.html

I was looking for an article by non bias 3rd party all the info i found was from manufactures. The place has Smittybilt 8k, 10k, a 10k w/ syn line and hawse fairlead and 12k. and every damn search on forums brought up people with 8k in their signatures. Thanks guys

Typically, you want a winch capacity double what your vehicle weighs. Snatch blocks do help as long as the situation allows for use of one. Best winches in my opinion is Warn then Ramsey. There are a lot of China winches out there that work fine for a bit, but hard use can take a toll on them.

My Chinese superwinch LP8500 works fine. Wish I would have share my money for a nice winch but I only paid $200 for mine so what can I say.. It's pulled rovers and a jeep no prob

I also have a superwinch and a t max both are foreign made and have worked fine so far. My old Ramsey 8k was a beast though, it always worked no matter the condition. I have an old 8274 that I need to rebuild a little too, but thats going on my 47 jeep.

I have a line on a 12k warn powerplant for $800 cash if anyone is interested, still new in box, retails for around $1700.

I would love to pick up an 8274, but it's pretty tough to fit one on a disco, without either having a front bumper that sticks out too far, or completely hacking the grill up to the hood.

SPAS12 wrote:

I also have a superwinch and a t max both are foreign made and have worked fine so far. My old Ramsey 8k was a beast though, it always worked no matter the condition. I have an old 8274 that I need to rebuild a little too, but thats going on my 47 jeep.

I have a line on a 12k warn powerplant for $800 cash if anyone is interested, still new in box, retails for around $1700.

Is the powerplant the one with air compressor built in? I might could be interested.

Long Haul wrote:

SPAS12 wrote:

I also have a superwinch and a t max both are foreign made and have worked fine so far. My old Ramsey 8k was a beast though, it always worked no matter the condition. I have an old 8274 that I need to rebuild a little too, but thats going on my 47 jeep.

I have a line on a 12k warn powerplant for $800 cash if anyone is interested, still new in box, retails for around $1700.

Is the powerplant the one with air compressor built in?

Yup. It's sweet. It is a bit big, so bumper compatibility may be an issue for some.

I have been debating on getting rid of my Viair setup and going with that style winch. I gotta do a little research and see if itll work for me.

Long Haul wrote:

I have been debating on getting rid of my Viair setup and going with that style winch. I gotta do a little research and see if itll work for me.

dont think the compressor is powerful enough for you

Not really that its if I can set it up to come on an off with the sensor an switch setup im running now. All I need is 70 psi for ARBs but will it start an stop automatically?

Nothing a small air tank, and some solenoids couldn't handle

Guess what im trying to figure out is if the pump is independant from the winch or does the winch motor power the pump too.

durt d1ver wrote:

Nothing a small air tank, and some solenoids couldn't handle

I have a 5 gallon air tank for my Viair now just gotta see if they can be tied together

Looks like thats not gonna be a good option for me right now. It uses the winch motor for the pump motor. Plus my Viair has a lot more cfm then the winch does. Oh well, good deal for someone looking for that type of setup. I was hopeing they were 2 separate units, I can see me flipping the switch to operate the lockers and end up spooling out half the cable before I realise what Im doing lol

jveen wrote:

Was picking stuff for a upcoming oil change at a local parts/4x4 store. and seen they have a smittybilt 8k on sale. Will a 8K winch cut it for a Disco 2? In the process of doing research now I know nothing about winches and its all greek to me at this point . I dont really see using it for extened winching. just here and there.

JT I may be selling my Warn M8.If your interested let me know.

Finally picked it up now looking into info on syn lines.