Project Farm Winch Test

[TroutFishingInAmerica]

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[Lost1wing]

Interesting!

 

[Camaroboi13]

Bottom line, if you want a good winch shop Amazon, not Harbor Freight, and definitely not from your local 4 wheel shop ?

 

[Maximus Gladius]

…and if you think 10 or 12k lb cable or rope is “good enough”, get the 17k lb rope or cable in stead. Who needs one to snap 2k lbs less than it’s rated to be or advertises to be. Good grief

 

[AustinL911]

…and if you think 10 or 12k lb cable or rope is “good enough”, get the 17k lb rope or cable in stead. Who needs one to snap 2k lbs less than it’s rated to be or advertises to be. Good grief

This surprised me. I figured they'd have a safety factor built into them. Guess not...

 

[sarguy1941]

YouTube is no different than social media. If you search enough you will find good and bad reviews of everything. Personally I've had 2 HF winches. One on my 2009 JK (still working fine) and now one on my 2020 JT. The JK has the 12K steel cable and the JT has the 12K synthetic. Both are abused and still work fine. The JK had 10 years of NY salt and grime packed in it from winter driving yet still yanks it around. Our SxS has a Tractor Supply 5K with synthetic cable. What works for you may not be the best for someone else.

 

[Lunentucker]

Has he ever tested coffees?

 

[Lost1wing]

Warn seemed middle of the pack on just about everything. When the Warn crapped out, I wonder if it was exceeding the duty cycle at that point. I have the Warn and the Harbor Freight winch. I'll use the HF the most until it fails.

 

[CJ5w4wdSmokyOnMyTail]

I have that Smittybuilt. Had the company ship new solenoid after first one never worked. Then they had to ship me a new part after the plug-in remote control would not detach. Plus winch was a pain to assemble. All that said, Smittybuilt did address my issues and was an honorable company with good customer service and the winch has worked fine the few times I've needed it. But man, that cheap winch tested at half the price seems the the buy!

 

[Camaroboi13]

YouTube is no different than social media. If you search enough you will find good and bad reviews of everything. Personally I've had 2 HF winches. One on my 2009 JK (still working fine) and now one on my 2020 JT. The JK has the 12K steel cable and the JT has the 12K synthetic. Both are abused and still work fine. The JK had 10 years of NY salt and grime packed in it from winter driving yet still yanks it around. Our SxS has a Tractor Supply 5K with synthetic cable. What works for you may not be the best for someone else.

? has never heard of Project Farm before today ?

 

[Uparms]

Project Farm has a lot of great comparison videos on Tube. Smart person and with good testing strategies and hardware. Check him out.

 

[Beemer533]

It was a good review as is usual for him..

My only complaint with this one is that the crappy plate he used initially probably contributed to the HF winch failure. I'd be curious to see how it would have done on a better plate.

I also wish he had included the Apex 12k, but it looks like he may do a part 2..

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yup, another utuber looking for clicks and attention. For every one like this, I'll find you one or two others that prove it's just fine.
I chuckle every time one of these "evaluations" or "comparisons" comes up.
I especially love it when these guys say "let's settle this" LOL - right.
So they are THE DEFINITIVE testers and their test are the best?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

It was a good review as is usual for him..

My only complaint with this one is that the crappy plate he used initially probably contributed to the HF winch failure. I'd be curious to see how it would have done on a better plate.

I also wish he had included the Apex 12k, but it looks like he may do a part 2..

Winch plate makes big difference. Check out the hardcore Jeep guy's evaluation of the Apex 12000 - he was quite impressed using it like Jeep people really would.
But he never said "let's settle this" - that's a hoot when they type that. Settled? Right.

 

[Vtur]

Who would've thought Amazon has the best winches. Thankfully my Superwinch isn't so bad ?

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