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Smittybuilt winches
SmittyBuilt has been around for as long as I can remember--but building offroad stuff. This winch is likely a Chinese-built one. And Joel is right about PM motors. The cheaper they are the quicker they lose their magnetism, and even quicker when the heat up--and they will. I have had many a winch; Warn being my mainstay. Keep in mind under full load an 8000 Warn can draw as much as 480 AMP if memory serves. At no load that still is 80-100 AMP.
If this is for a tractor (or even a truck) consider going hydraulic. On a small truck they connect to the power steering pump. They typically have less pulling power pound for pound so you may have to get a 9000 to equal an 8000 electric. For a tractor, you can hook it up to your loader or rear remotes. As far as price they can be a bit more than a hydraulic----buuut if you go a junk yard that has a roll-back truck or a wrecker or an off-highway utilty service truck thay can have some really inexpensive winches.
Another option is Harbor Freight, and you probably get a 2-year warranty cheap too before you destroy it.
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Joel, I'm confuthesed on your statement that a serieswound motor over-revs. How is that possible? I mean, if you only have so much power going in...
Are you thinking like a car starter sounds after it disengages? If so (and that's the only thing my lil' brain could think of that you might be referring to), it's not over-reving, just coming off being under load.Another exmaple is a power drill that speeds up after drilling through something--no load.
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A runaway electric motor? errr?
Murf, the Warn planetary-reduction winches don't have F-N-R; direction is controlled through a floating (case) ground via solenoids. However, when freewheeling the planetary drive does have a gear that does disengage from the spool.
The runaway motor still seems like it would violate some basic law of fizzicks. But what do I know---I defer to Kenny.
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Kenny--whew! Good to know that I gotta "move over" 'cause I was just going to send you a thumb for your excavator---but NOW I don't need to---BUDDY! ;P
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