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Some thoughts:
Westin bought Superwinch after bankruptcy, and a year plus their parts supply chain is still not in place.
I have had a Warn, 2 MileMarkers, and 3 Superwinch, and I still have all but the Warn, which was the least reliable, so I repaired it and sold it, though that was an ATV winch, to be fair.
The TJ has a MileMarker EP9000, the Colorado has a Superwinch Tigershark 9500. I like features on both, the auto brake on the MM, and the power and speed of the Tigershark. I retrofitted the plug from the Terra 45 and Terra 35 winches I have, so now they all use the same remote. Upgraded to 2/0 copper wiring on the big winches. When winching heavy, small cables can become fusible links. Best to err on the side of caution.
The controls for the winch are not high amperage in the same way that the winch motor is. Your contactors (solenoids for older winches) in the control box are the heavy lifters.
Can you put a Hazard Fraught winch on your truck and be fine? Probably. Most winches are hardly ever used to their capacity, let alone used at all. But winches are like firearms: when you need them, you REALLY need them, and they absolutely MUST work. If you're confident in not getting into a situation where you are in dire need, and just occasionally move trees or a trailer or dead car around, the HF might work for you.
Westin bought Superwinch after bankruptcy, and a year plus their parts supply chain is still not in place.
I have had a Warn, 2 MileMarkers, and 3 Superwinch, and I still have all but the Warn, which was the least reliable, so I repaired it and sold it, though that was an ATV winch, to be fair.
The TJ has a MileMarker EP9000, the Colorado has a Superwinch Tigershark 9500. I like features on both, the auto brake on the MM, and the power and speed of the Tigershark. I retrofitted the plug from the Terra 45 and Terra 35 winches I have, so now they all use the same remote. Upgraded to 2/0 copper wiring on the big winches. When winching heavy, small cables can become fusible links. Best to err on the side of caution.
Winch requires momentary on/off/momentary on. AUX switches are constant on/off. If for some reason you wanted a power on/off switch to kill power to the winch, that's where the AUX switch would work.Bronco Aux Switches, cough... wire hookups are under the hood.
Yes, the winch controls can be remoted into the cab. Some Toyotas even came this way from the factory.I apologize if I’m repeating a question that’s been answered before, but will the factory winch be operable with the accessory switches in the cab? To me, that would be really slick & worth adding on. If it isn’t, would it be hard to set it up like that?
The controls for the winch are not high amperage in the same way that the winch motor is. Your contactors (solenoids for older winches) in the control box are the heavy lifters.
Can you put a Hazard Fraught winch on your truck and be fine? Probably. Most winches are hardly ever used to their capacity, let alone used at all. But winches are like firearms: when you need them, you REALLY need them, and they absolutely MUST work. If you're confident in not getting into a situation where you are in dire need, and just occasionally move trees or a trailer or dead car around, the HF might work for you.
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