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Depends on the mount and what your using the winch for. I will say a bigger winch is not a bad thing as you don't want any failures. Winches are kind of the opposite of a strap in the fact you usually are near or around the rope/wire and have a higher exposer to risk. The bigger and beefer the winch the better, also be careful with winch speed. If your looking at winches for the first time you don't want a fast line speed, as that increases the risks.Curious about minimum useful winch capacity - everyone wants a big beefy winch for the look, but I want to hide it and stay minimal - there are some really inexpensive 3-4000# winches - how much do you really need to get a little assist in getting out of a "stuck in the mud" situation and that sort of thing.
Now those small winches are great, but I wouldn't want to be using one with 5000lbs of potential energy attached because the mounts are not rated high enough. Bronco could easily overcome the winch if something happens (if your winching you are usually in the something will happen area). Concept is nice but you need to look at the realistic possibility of exceeding the winch gears exploding and coming loose.
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