12,000 LB Winch on a Budget - Rough Country - Badland Apex - Overlanding - offroad recovery
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Here's a link to the winch I got:
Rough Country 12,000 LB
www.roughcountry.com/pro-seri...
I was originally going to get the Badland Apex from Harbor Freight:
www.harborfreight.com/apex-12...
But the RC is 1" shorter, which allows it to fit into the tight spot I have in the Westin HDX Pro front bumper. There's also this cheap winch, that I don't know anything about:
vicoffroad.com/products/12v-1...
If anyone knows about this winch, please drop some info in the comments.
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That winch will be put to good use pulling out all those Chevy and Fords!!! Lol 😆.
@simonsays5979
2 жыл бұрын
Yup and the dodge that it is attached
I had the same experience with RC. I installed this winch on my 4Runner a couple of months ago and I love it. I ordered the 9,500 lb with synthetic cable but they sent me the 12,000 lb. I was scared it wasn’t going to fit but it does and it was on the porch a couple days after ordering it. RC for the win
Have the same bumper. Did the exact same thing you did. Purchased the Harbour Freight 12K winch and found out that it doesn't fit. Took back and got the Rough Country because of your video. Also got the lights for the bumper because the ones someone recommended (previous to your video ) were out of stock. Brighter than truck lights. Thank you for your channel and videos.
@NickMango
2 жыл бұрын
Good luck with the additions! Appreciate it 👍
@jessicamathews5758
2 жыл бұрын
We bought the iron cross bumper ended up cutting out the letters and still put the 12k winch on it.
Nice job, I've always skipped past that package, I will definitely click that one now.
Rope does not lose its strength even when frozen. Watch how not 2.
Like what you said, just perfect between rope and metal on your winch.
The badlands winch you can take the control box off the top and relocate it..had to do that on my silverado..great video bud..like your content bud
@NickMango
2 жыл бұрын
I heard about this yeah. Would have been a good move. Wonder if it voids the warranty or not. Thank you!
@chrisk164
2 жыл бұрын
@@NickMango no it doesn't void warranty..I put it on my 1500 and my aftermarket bumper wouldn't fit it as well..I have to make new cables because the factory winch wires wouldn't reach into my engine compartment ,where I wanted to mount it anyway..I put it on a homemade pedestal where second battery would normally go..worked out better there because electronics where now under the hood ,dry..my second battery is in back seat area so I had the room there..glad your worked out good luck with it my friend
@NickMango
2 жыл бұрын
Ahhh great info. Appreciate it 👍
@jessicamathews5758
2 жыл бұрын
We ended up cutting the iron cross letters on the bumper and still put the winch in it.
@PTRRanger951
Жыл бұрын
If I remember right, the winch includes the longer wires to relocate the control box. At least on the APX version of the HF. So wouldn’t void the warranty since they include the things to relocate it. I was looking at the HF one, went with RC because of the warranty.
I could not get a Harbor Freight winch installed because of the size also. So I got a 13,000 lb winch from Amazon, but I installed a 500 amp fuse for it from Amazon, so that I would not fry the battery/cable. The fuse and holder is like under $15.00 so very cheap insurance. I install it on my military Humvee which people said could not be done.
We have the iron cross bumper and we ended up cutting the letter out and still used the Badland 12k lbs winch.
"And then, its gonna catch your shirt" 😄 🤣 😂
@NickMango
2 жыл бұрын
Haha
You don’t have a dual battery set-up from factory?
@NickMango
2 жыл бұрын
Only the diesels have that. And unfortunately, in the hemi they fill the other spot with computer related stuff. It’s a real pain to get a second one in. Need to custom make something.
👍
What front bumper is this?
@NickMango
Жыл бұрын
Westin hdx pro. This is an older model.
I never knew it was a problem for synthetic rope to freeze lol I did a bunch of snow recoveries with mine but never had an issue 🫥
@NickMango
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it can happen. I think it’s a very specific type of time. Rain, freezing temps, then use. If it thaws, you don’t have an issue. So it’s definitely unlucky if it happens.