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Posted by: sam
I bought one off ebay $60 last yr. still works good. although dont leave the controler out in the weather if you leave the winch on the quad. mine got water in it from leaving the quad out side. I had sold the quad it was on and the winch sat in the garage and when I put it on the new quad the controler shorted out. smoked the wires bad. freeked me out.
but the winch still works fine. just got another controler
Posted by: Starky
Most of those cheap winches are made by Warn, Ramsey or Superwinch and sold to other companies to resell under their own name. If you figure out which brand it is, the parts are the same.
Posted by: Starky
I hope you meant to say 3,000 lb kit.
Posted by: Rackman
Can't cut down them winch's in my garage . I have 2 one mounted in the ceiling to lift deer, moose, snowmachines and atvs up to 10 feet off the floor. the other is mounted on a hoist I made for working on my Grizzly. pics of it can be seen if you clic on camera under my name.
Posted by: Glenlivet
If you use the Champion winch from Costco with the big mondo hand control, don't leave the control hard wired to the winch, especially if you permanently mount it. Use hi-amp plugs to make it removable. If you install the plugs in the same polarity as the functions before you cut the four wire ends off then it doesn't matter if you reverse the plugs when you go to plug in the controller, it work just the same anyway. BR>
Here are a couple of installations I made with the Champion winch. It may be cheap, as in inexpensive, but all the installations I have made the darn things just keep on working just fine, while I keep seeing and reading about Ramseys, Superwinches and Warns breaking and failing, so concerns that cheap price means an unreliable winch compared to the 'name brands' are, well... paranoid fantasy. (or at least unwarranted overly expressed caution). The only thing I have seen fail on a Champion is the freewheel knob pulled off one when the owner unwisely tried to force it out while the winch hook was loaded up tight to the fairlead. You just can't completely idiot-proof something where a guy won't find a way to break it. BR>
Here's one on a Rancher AT.
Rancher winch receiver
And my own King Quad.
King Quad receiver
Posted by: rescuediver
I have a champion winch I bought earlier this year. So far, it has worked everytime I needed it toThey are made by the same people who make superwinch, cabela's winches and a couple of others
Posted by: carpenter
i also got the 2500 venom whinch from e-bay and mounted it on back (check out my pic ) and has been a pretty good buy so far.
Posted by: HeyUvaVT
I have a 3000 Warn...I am a dealer so the $$ didnt hit me as hard...I was gonna buy a cheap winch but I cant rely on anyone else to pull me out because I have the heaviest and most capable bikes of anyone I ride with so I plunked down the $$....FYI the DEALER cost on a 3.0ce is north of $390
Posted by: zappa24
I see several different cheaply priced winches on E-Bay. I am wondering if anyone has bought a cheap winch and how it lasted.
Posted by: zappa24
Thanks for all of the replys. I think I will go for the venom 300lb kit. It's only $160.00 and comes with everything.
Posted by: 500rubicon
I got a 2000lb champion in august and its pulled me out what every gets me stuck plus if i do burn it up I can get another from costco from 70 bucks(canadian that is) so itdoes the job if your pulling every now and then without the $400 cost of a Warn.
Posted by: sandpit
I bought 2 from Costco this past summer.(Champion brand)$70 can,with remote.One is on the Honda 450ES for the snowplow.Works great.
Posted by: toddb
I have a Venom #2500 and so far it has been fine, the switch will freeze if it is under 25 degrees but I have pulled myself out and plowed with it with no problems.
Posted by: kingluvr
i have a 3000# venom winch that i got off e-bay. its been on since oct. 1 and so far its been flawless. if i ever do have problemswith it, i can go to their site and get new parts at pretty good prices. it was $ 179 delivered with model specific mount and roller fairlead.
Posted by: 2sly4u
That was a fun ride tonight..Iwish we could of got pics of my new rinny in that mud hole. Well if u want u can check out my winch next week. I got it on ebay for 100 bucks. It looks like a warn. same specs. Oh yea nice pics of the wrecked warrior.See ya
Posted by: Augie
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Originally posted by: Glenlivet
You just can't completely idiot-proof something where a guy won't find a way to break it. BR>
LOL that sounds like my signature
Posted by: jcheil
Just my opinion, but I kinda think a cheap winch is like a cheap pacemaker. When you're out in the middle of nowhere, stuck, I would rather know that I have a quality product that I can count on than one that "might" do the job.
Posted by: fullspeed2
how the heck do you mount one of those champion winched on a rubicon using the mounting plate that was included??
i cant see how....and have mine torn down in the garage
any thoughts??
fullspeed2
Posted by: fullspeed2
well, i ended up having to buy a warn mounting plate for the rubicon.....75 bucks....got the thing mounted and working.....
was wondering if anyone know of a smaller rocker type controller for the champion 2000 lb winch....the one that came w/it is huge.....
thanks
Posted by: mountainjj
I have the 2000lb Venom "kit" for the 2005 rubicon. It all works great. No regrets. The plate fits good.
The bolts to mount the winch to the plate are of typical Chinese steel and I broke the first one. I repalced the winch mount bolts with good American steel bolts. So instead of something around $150 shipped I spent an extra $1.50 on some bolts.
I'm happy with the setup. At the price I can replace the winch every year for 4 years and still beat the high priced winch costs.
