Smittybilt winch

1985REDRUNNER · Mar 26, 2018

Anyone running Smittybilt winch? what do u think about them? Looking at the 8000 pound winch.

jeff150 · Mar 26, 2018

I've had mine for 8 years and it has never failed to work.
Here's an older post on them. http://www.hardlinecrawlers.com/forums/index.php?topic=38718.msg468772#msg468772

poolman · Mar 26, 2018

No issues with mine. 3 years old

Bronco72 · Mar 26, 2018

I have the 10k one. Its around 2 years old. Other then the cable being junk iv had 0 problems

GONOVRIT · Mar 26, 2018

I don't have one but I'm a firm believer in them! We used one last summer in a 7hr recovery in Colorado. It suprised the **** out of me, had a lot of long pulls on it.

ROKTOY829 · Mar 26, 2018

Re:

Got a 10,000 one, has worked great. I actually broke the end off of it out riding one day. Ordered new parts and still kicking

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617_Racing · Mar 26, 2018

I had an older 8k that had solenoid issues. Gave it to a friend and it finally fried itself.
I currently have a newer 10k comp on or whatever and it works amazing. Besides the wireless controller crapping out. I've got it hard wired now.

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1985REDRUNNER · Mar 27, 2018

Thanks for the feed back.

scrambled · Mar 27, 2018

The days of Warn being the only choice are long gone.

sexxy · Mar 27, 2018

I had a 8k several years ago and it was great, had a defective controller when I first received it and they corrected that very fast. Currently have a 9500 that I like even better. Its not as noisy pulls faster and the controller has a built in magnet for attaching to the cage or a body panel if needed.

BUG-E J · Mar 27, 2018

scrambled said:
The days of Warn being the only choice are long gone.

I wouldnt waste my money on one. Ive had a smittybuilt and a warn. Warns the only one i had problems with

whiskeymakin · Mar 27, 2018

Had a few smittybilt winches all were great. Got one on the trailer now. No issues.
Always had 8274 warns before that and had silenoid trouble a lot.

lt99ls1 · Mar 27, 2018

I bought a new 8k smittybilt winch about 12 years ago and it's worked perfectly the whole time. I also picked up used 8k smittybilt winch about 2 years ago and mounted it on my trailer and it been great too.

DallasBlade · Mar 27, 2018

I have a smittybilt 17.5k and love it. Every warn winch that I have owned, has been a piece of ****.

blacksheep10 · Mar 27, 2018

My 8274 is a badass, otherwise, Smitty seems to Chinese some good stuff out

RustyC · Mar 27, 2018

I bought a Smittybilt 9500 form 4wheel parts and purchased the 5 year warranty with it. Salesman told me if I break in two on a rock to just bring in the pieces and paperwork.
That being said it has been flawless when needed. Lines speed is not an issue either fast enough for me.

tonybolton · Mar 27, 2018

DallasBlade said:
I have a smittybilt 17.5k and love it. Every warn winch that I have owned, has been a piece of ****.

The only Warn I ever had fried. My Smittys have outlasted the rigs they were on.

jeeppoor · Mar 27, 2018

When they first came out they sucked. But they have improved. Never own one. but I have a few friends that have them. I have owned/ own Ramsey and Warn. The ramsey was SLOW and seem to burn up solenoids. The warns I have not really had any problems with. But most were the old style 8274. Our buggy and a JKU has a warn. No problems so far.

BlackYJ · Mar 27, 2018

Another good cheap alternative is milemarker. I had one that sounded like it was going to explode every time I used it but it kept on pulling and never gave me problems.