If he was out west I would agree 100% with the statements, but like me he is in the south east. One thing we get a lot of getter is mud really thick mud slur of the time which is why I started 2x. You get stuck in mud that can at times be the consistency of wet clay the amount of resistance can nearly double the amount of eight you are trying to pull. Now you can and should if possible set up a z drag with snatch blocks which will allow for even more weight, but I was personally never one to account for that in my winch choices. This is solely my opinion and definitely not saying any of you are wrong because you're not, this is just what I was always told growing up down here.
I'm with ya, was just saying that I swapped over from my lighter 2 door- so instead of spending the money right away I'd use the winch that i already had, which will cover me for a bit.. 10k would be a better option for sure.
Yep. 9 out of 10 times that 8k winch will likely be more than enough. It's that possible 1 time that can make say you wishes you had the bigger winch lol
Aware of that, but also aware that doing is not always possible. And yes I know this from personal experience.
I agree. I will just say it must be nice to have never found yourself in a bad situation when your by yourself. I am well aware of how to use every single piece of equipment I own. And I have likely had to set up more z drags then most of the people here on this forum. But like it or not I also tend to wheel alone most of the time. No not a good idea and definitely not preferable, but if it comes to not wheeling or going by myself I will go by myself just as quickly as with another rig and it's driver. Some of the rather bad situations I have been were mostly in South Georgia. One place I was at, and the reason I will always take a winch that is rated more than I will likely ever need, put me at a part of a trail were they had been doing a lot of clear cutting. Got stuck while actually trying to turn around, as I didn't like how the place looked ahead of me. Problem I ran into was that I had winch and all the gear one would ever usually need and more on top of that. Rear end sank completely to the bumper on the Ford f150 I had at that time with an 8 inch lift on 35's. Tried to drive it out under its own power and it wasn't moving. The closest tree I could set a winch too was just over 200 feet away. So I attached two 30' tow straps to the tree protector then attached two 50' ropes that were rated to 5500 lbs then ran my winch line out the rest of the way to those. Well found out the tree that was there wasn't going to work. As due to ground conditions and I am sure other issues I nearly pulled it up out of the ground. The next tree and the one that I did manage to pull myself out with had everything at max length and all but two turns off my winch cable were still left on the drum. All of that to literally pull myself 3 feet. Lol so yeah I am well aware of how to do things and how z drags work but like it or not I know for a fact you will not always be able to set one. Unless you plan to carry so much recovery equipment that you will have no room for anything else. Again how often will that happen? Probably not often at all, but if it does happen again to me I would rather have a winch capable of pulling a lot more weight than I need than one that work in 99% of the situations that can arise. Shit happens sometimes simple as that and likely more often when you have no qualms of going on adventures by yourself. Like anything else to me. I always try to be ready for things I don't expect to have to deal with just in case I do have deal with it.
