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Hydraulic Winch
Hey,
Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. Thanks ---- |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
"Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message news:agv3h.3036$GE1.2225@bignews7.bellsouth.net... >>Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. With hydraulic winches, if your engine isn't running, you have no winch. You could still get a limited pull from an electric to pull yourself from the water hole that caused your engine to hydrolock. Heat is not good for electrics, either. I think most people prefer electrics for their relatively simple installation, reliability and ability to run independent of the engine. A good deep-cycle battery is a plus if you need the winch often. BTW hats off to you, as being Kate's worse half :-) Matt |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
"Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message news:agv3h.3036$GE1.2225@bignews7.bellsouth.net... >>Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. With hydraulic winches, if your engine isn't running, you have no winch. You could still get a limited pull from an electric to pull yourself from the water hole that caused your engine to hydrolock. Heat is not good for electrics, either. I think most people prefer electrics for their relatively simple installation, reliability and ability to run independent of the engine. A good deep-cycle battery is a plus if you need the winch often. BTW hats off to you, as being Kate's worse half :-) Matt |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
"Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message news:agv3h.3036$GE1.2225@bignews7.bellsouth.net... >>Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. With hydraulic winches, if your engine isn't running, you have no winch. You could still get a limited pull from an electric to pull yourself from the water hole that caused your engine to hydrolock. Heat is not good for electrics, either. I think most people prefer electrics for their relatively simple installation, reliability and ability to run independent of the engine. A good deep-cycle battery is a plus if you need the winch often. BTW hats off to you, as being Kate's worse half :-) Matt |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
Mile Marker offers a free video that is mostly about electrics but does
cover some hydraulics as I recall http://www.milemarker.com/video.html "Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message news:agv3h.3036$GE1.2225@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > Hey, > Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the > Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate > has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of > electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but > electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators > etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. > Thanks > ---- > |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
Mile Marker offers a free video that is mostly about electrics but does
cover some hydraulics as I recall http://www.milemarker.com/video.html "Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message news:agv3h.3036$GE1.2225@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > Hey, > Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the > Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate > has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of > electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but > electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators > etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. > Thanks > ---- > |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
Mile Marker offers a free video that is mostly about electrics but does
cover some hydraulics as I recall http://www.milemarker.com/video.html "Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message news:agv3h.3036$GE1.2225@bignews7.bellsouth.net... > Hey, > Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the > Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate > has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of > electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but > electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators > etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. > Thanks > ---- > |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
Lucky Kate!
Dont know anything about hydro winches, but an electric with a dual battery set up gives you almost no chance to go wrong (start/run the rig off of one and run the winch, lights, etc off the other one - not all that hard to wire in either). Of course then its the cable/rope decision... not to mention is it Warn, Tmaxx, Superwinch, or ??? (cant recall the 4th big name). -jenn On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:23:38 -0600, "Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote: >>Hey, >>Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the >>Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate >>has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of >>electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but >>electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators >>etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. >>Thanks >>---- >> |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
Lucky Kate!
Dont know anything about hydro winches, but an electric with a dual battery set up gives you almost no chance to go wrong (start/run the rig off of one and run the winch, lights, etc off the other one - not all that hard to wire in either). Of course then its the cable/rope decision... not to mention is it Warn, Tmaxx, Superwinch, or ??? (cant recall the 4th big name). -jenn On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:23:38 -0600, "Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote: >>Hey, >>Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the >>Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate >>has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of >>electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but >>electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators >>etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. >>Thanks >>---- >> |
Re: Hydraulic Winch
Lucky Kate!
Dont know anything about hydro winches, but an electric with a dual battery set up gives you almost no chance to go wrong (start/run the rig off of one and run the winch, lights, etc off the other one - not all that hard to wire in either). Of course then its the cable/rope decision... not to mention is it Warn, Tmaxx, Superwinch, or ??? (cant recall the 4th big name). -jenn On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:23:38 -0600, "Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote: >>Hey, >>Have any of y'all out there in Jeep land had any experience with the >>Mile Marker hydraulic winches. Christmas is coming up soon and Kate >>has been hinting for a winch for her Rubi. I never have been a fan of >>electric winches. Yeah, Iknow, they've been around for a long time but >>electric winches have a high amp draw, toasted batteries amd alternators >>etc. Hydraulics are simple, heat is the big enemy with them. >>Thanks >>---- >> |
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