P1000 Winch choice

[JoeyL]

Any coolness of mine is hidden the way it mounts upside down inside the factory bumper

Yeah It’s a shame but I’ll be in the same situation


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[JiminAZ]

Back to the OP's questions of choice of winch and why, I posted my logic on the other thread.

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[zin01]

I had a KFI stealth 4500 mounted on the stock bumper. It did spend it’s fair amount of time in the water and mud mounted that low and I used it quit a bit. The free spool broke on it meaning I couldn’t get it into free spool, it still powered in and out. I took it off and took it apart it had quit a bit of mud in the gears. I took them out and cleaned everything up and put it back together and it works great. Before I fixed it I looked around at different winches and loved the warn axon so I ordered it. My neighbor had a P700 and had burned up 4 tractor supply winches so I put my KFI on his machine. It’s still working. I ordered the HMF bumper and am waiting on it to install the warn. Long story short I would recommend the KFI I’m going with the warn because of the extra 1000 lbs of pull and I would stay away from the tractor supply winches


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[Zaccatdaddy]

I’m curious about the same question. Has anyone not tried a kolpin?

 

[RTP]

Just arrived yesterday
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Did you mount the Axon to the stock bumper? Any issues getting it mounted?

 

[JoeyL]

Did you mount the Axon to the stock bumper? Any issues getting it mounted?

yeah i had to notch the bumper to get it to fit. wasnt too bad though.
i thought i had a picture but i cant find it

Edit:

found it.
here is another post with the picture

and i had to move the hawse mount too.

 

[8ball929]

I went with a viper elite 4500. Reason is easy I had a 4500 max on a RZR 800 for a couple years. Used the crap out of it. Moved it to a RZRxp 4 and used the crap out of it some more for a few years. It never gave me any problems and always did what I needed it to. I did probably change the rope 4 times lol. I Let it go with the machine when I sold it. So I went with another viper on the pioneer. Upgraded to the Elite this time. Wide spool and wireless remote were two things I wished I had on the old one. Stuck with 4500 just because I never felt like my old one was underpowered.

Besides a sxs doesn't really have thick heavy frames. I Kind of feel like if a 4500lb with a snatch block won't get it done then it's to much for one sxs to pull. Mounting directly to the frame on a pioneer the winch is only attacted to what two 1- 1/2" pieces of thin wall tubing? If its hanging out on a winch bumper your adding leverage. I'd rather the rope break or the winch give up before I crush the frame tubes or start warping the front end.

 

[Kisssofdeath]

What about the Badlands 5000 from Harbor Freight for $159?

 

[BigOL3]

I first had the Warn 4K for over 2 yrs, used only a few times. First the controller stopped working, was replaced for free. At Mulberry this year it started winding in very slowly, then would speed to to normal speed. Warn advise it would get worse and had to be removed from bumper in order to repair. I did not have time for that before going to the 'overland ride' at Tackett Creek a few weeks ago. I replaced it with Viper Elite widespool 6000# from the club store. Had to use it a couple of times and performed very well. I like the synthetic rope and lifetime warranty.

 

[gearguywb]

I have the Badlands 5K in a Warn mount. Used it to pull a razor out of a bad place a couple of weeks ago . Worked great.

 

[Hondoman]

I've had the superwinch 4500 for three years. It has never let me down.

 

[rickoshea]

i have a runva 4500.price was right and reviews were good,free shipping.controller is mickey mouse but i run my warn controller and components from my warn 2k,just swapped the winches and left everything else installed.pulls great at a decent speed,but the front mounting bolts were too short for the kfi mount.other than that it's satisfactory.i don't winch very often,my heaviest loads are when my docks get pulled out in the fall.only down side to it is you can't swap to synthetic rope if that matters to you.

 

[Kisssofdeath]

Just bought the Badland 5000 lb winch. The $159 + tax made it a wise choice. The reviews on all the Badland winches I read about were positive. For my use the winch is like insurance, I don't plan on using it at all but when I do it will be worth its weight in gold. So, for a winch "I don't plan on using" $159 made it a "wise" choice.