Good winch for a brat?

[backwoodsboy]

Ok all you folks using winches,

 

Im looking at possibly purchasing a winch for my 86 brat.

 

Now I figure my brat cant even be close to 3,000 LBS on the average day,

and I see all these ATV winches out there with all the goodies

(for $250.00-ish) rated at 4,000 LBS!

 

Now I know the old adage..... overbuilt = under-used = longer life

 

But has anybody run an ATV winch? Or do I need something beefier?

 

I also dont want to weigh down the front end of my brat, or lighten my wallet too much

 

Opinions?

 

Thanks!

[mcbrat]

Ok all you folks using winches,

 

Im looking at possibly purchasing a winch for my 86 brat.

 

Now I figure my brat cant even be close to 3,000 LBS on the average day,

and I see all these ATV winches out there with all the goodies

(for $250.00-ish) rated at 4,000 LBS!

 

Now I know the old adage..... overbuilt = under-used = longer life

 

But has anybody run an ATV winch? Or do I need something beefier?

 

I also dont want to weigh down the front end of my brat, or lighten my wallet too much

 

Opinions?

 

Thanks!

 

I'm using a SuperWinch S4500. has worked well.....

[subaruguru]

im using an atv and snomobile winch for my gl wagon iv never had to pull myself out but i pulled my girlfriends pickup and her moms van both out of a ditch last winter its rated at 2000 pounds its a champion 2000 lb they sell at schucks hope it helps.oh it was a full size van and a mazda truck

[Numbchux]

I've heard from many sources that you should get a winch rated at twice the weight of the rig it's on....

[Scott in Bellingham]

if you get a small winch also get a pulley (or block) so you can double the strength, also so you can pull around corners, I used my 8000 lb ramsey last time out, it wasnt for me but the guy with the brocken hub in the Isuzu trooper, I set up with bumper against a tree and used the pulley to get inline with him, we used all 80 ft of the cable, go bigger if you can, there will come a time when you will be glad you got the bigger one SJR

[backwoodsboy]

Mmmmm, yup.

 

Sounds like a plan to me!

[uncoolperson]

if you get a small winch also get a pulley (or block) so you can double the strength, also so you can pull around corners, I used my 8000 lb ramsey last time out, it wasnt for me but the guy with the brocken hub in the Isuzu trooper, I set up with bumper against a tree and used the pulley to get inline with him, we used all 80 ft of the cable, go bigger if you can, there will come a time when you will be glad you got the bigger one SJR

 

and here's the pic. (there was a big ol trooper on the other end)

 

warn (I think it was) had this nifty thing with chains and a channel so you could hook the winch around a tree then put the hook on the cable on you're car... lazy mans come-along.