[AJD] Check out Harbor freights sale on 8000lb winches

[Duane Larson]

The winch mechanism is probably fine - the import motors do not stand up 
well in my experience.  Windings do not have the proper current carrying 
capacity so they overheat.  The brush mechanisms also tend to be flimsy.  I 
wonder where the Warn motors come from these days.
Duane Larson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] Check out Harbor freights sale on 8000lb winches


> John:
>
> Intuitively, I agree with you but I don't think we know enough to say that
> the HF winch is built all that differently than a name brand version. 
> There
> are times when buying the best isn't necessarily the most prudent. It only
> comes up for me when buying something I'm not going to use very often. 
> Like
> some specialty tools where the high priced spread is much, much higher
> priced than HF.
>
> A reverse example I will use. When I bought my first 1/2" drive Torque
> Wrench a few years ago I could have bought a cheap one from Harbor freight
> but for this particular application, I'd like a better product.  Bought a
> Sears Craftsman version for $99.00 with a lifetime warranty. Probably not
> the best T?R made but I anticipated decent quality. Used it less than 10
> times in a couple of years before it broke. Took it back to Sears for a
> replacement.  No Dice, they only have a 6 month warranty now. That really
> set me off. A national retailer will not get by with that kind of BS.  To
> make the story short, I now own a new replacement Craftsman Torque Wrench,
> free of charge, with a written lifetime warranty. Sears really lost a lot 
> of
> my respect over that lack of business ethic.
>
> Now, while I was fighting with Sears, I bought a Harbor Freight 1/2" drive
> Torque Wrench, on sale, for $9.99 ($9.99 not $99.99) and have used it for
> several years w/o problems and it too has a lifetime warranty. What is 
> wrong
> with this picture? The only negative for the HF T/R is I don't like the
> looks of it, but it does the job which is more important.
>
> Is it possible the HF winch has the same attributes? I don't easily buy 
> into
> the fact that something higher priced is always better. Just compare 
> prices
> on the same identical product from full retail to deeply discounted on the
> Internet. Sometimes that price may vary by 50%.
>
> I would need to know more about how the HF Winch works and is built before 
> I
> would predict its durability. Maybe it's just slower. I don't know enough 
> to
> bad mouth it.
>
> YMMV.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> John Boehm
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:29 PM
> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AJD] Check out Harbor freights sale on 8000lb winches
>
> After having bought a few Harbor Freight tools and
> having seen ones that others bought, I have to say
> that I am not impressed with either the quality or
> durability. I would rather do without until I can
> afford to buy the name brand too. I suspect that my 4
> year old Warn 9000 lb. winch for which I paid $750
> and, which I use constantly,  will still be working
> many years in the future, long after  that $299 one
> from Harbor is dead.    I think you usually get what
> you pay, if you are a careful shopper.
>
> Care to bet on winches, Dean? After all you collect
> the best brand of tractor. Why cheap out on the tools?
> Just my two cents worth.
>
> John Boehm
> Woodland, CA
> Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com
>
>
>
> --- Wiebelhaus <bwiebelhaus at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Has someone bought and used these winches? It would
>> be nice to know how
>> they worked. I wouldn't like to spend $300.00 and
>> find it does not work
>> well.
>> Brad
>>
>> Dean VP wrote:
>>
>> >Harbor freight has their 8000 lb winch on sale for
>> $299.00. That's got to be
>> >less than half price of the name brand guys like
>> Warn.  Vely tempting.
>> >
>> >Dean A. Van Peursem
>> >Snohomish, WA 98290
>> >
>> >Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>> >
>> >www.deerelegacy.com
>> >
>> >http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>> >
>> >
>> >
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