Like most tools and equipment, winches have gotten considerably cheaper in the past 10 years. When BADLAND first started showing up years ago, there weren’t really any cheap winches available that were worth having, but when BADLAND came out they made a splash and were rated pretty good by most of the off-road magazines. Now there are other brands, but just as importantly the major brands have models that now don’t cost an arm and a leg. But who makes the best 12,000 lb winch?
Will they survive Project Farm’s testing?
Video Description:
12,000 Pound Rated Winches: Smittybilt, WARN, Badland (Harbor Freight), SuperWinch, Mile Marker Maverick, Zeak, and Rugcel. Not all the winches survived this test with two winches experiencing rope failure. Winches tested for 50 foot no-load pull speed, force to unroll rope, time to pull ¾ ton truck up a hill 20 feet, time to pull 6,000 pounds a distance of 4 feet, maximum pulling force on final wrap. I bought all of the winches and supplies used to test the winches to ensure an unbiased review.
