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
----

 

"Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message
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>>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

 

"Big Iron" <rs@spamnot.com> wrote in message
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>>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

 

"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

 

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
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> 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
> ----
>

 

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
> ----
>

 

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
> ----
>

 

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
>>----
>>

 

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
>>----
>>

 

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
>>----
>>