Always has the opinion that a winch is something that you want to work every time you need it. Last thing you need is saving a couple hundred $$ on your winch to cost you having to be recovered by somebody because your winch did not work. I had the FJ40 out in the back of my land with the kids about a month back, stuck in the mud. Broke out the cable on the cheap knock-off winch that came on it and it took me about 30 minutes to get it to work to the point that it got me out. (with the kids asking me every 30 seconds why we were not moving :banghead
The WARN on my buggy works every time I need it.
Factor that in, with the fact that you can get a M8000 shipped to Ogdensburg for ~$600, I'd pay the extra for the reliability.
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