What winch

What winch would work well for the raptor, I'm set on the sdhq hidden mount. Just not sure on what winch I need one that is waterproof and one that works in extreme cold.

98Infinity,
The usual off road advice is to have a winch that is capable of pulling 1 1/2 times the weight of your vehicle; as such the minimum for a Raptor should be 9,000 pound pull. Remember that the greatest pulling capacity is on the first layer on the drum. Each successive layer of cable diminishes the pulling capacity.
Using blocks, (pulleys), correctly you can double the abilities of the winch...but halve the speed of recovery.
If your budget allows go for the synthetic, (Dyneme, etc), winch line.
Fourwheeler magazine did a winch shoot out a few years ago and the Smitty built and a couple of harbor freight type winches beat out Warn, Ramsey, etc.
Shop wisely!
Eddie

Warn is one of the most expensive and seem to always rate high. If you are looking for a budget winch and still want something to get the raptor out of a situation, Smittybilt would be my first choice.

Massive Multi-Winch Shootout - Four Wheeler Magazine

Lever Hoist

As an alternative to consider for self recovery, I bought a new 3 Ton Harrington Manual Lever Hoist for $275 a few years back.

Harrington Hoists and Cranes - Manual Hoists

Figured it would give me more options to pull from front or rear. I have several pulley blocks, extra cable, tree straps, and tow straps to extend the reach and recovery angle of attack as well.

It will be slow going using this approach, but in case something happened that disabled the winch or prevented its use, wanted something independent, simple, and flexible to move around.

I didn't want to have the added weight and load of a winch on the front end either.

Food for thought anyway.

I purchased a come-a-long, just incase.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come-A-Long

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f11/winch-why-25692/

That is a decent thread, it seems like the people who have the Recon winch like it

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Wow @98infinity, look at that. What a quick search can find. Look at the red bar towards the top, 3rd one from the end, it does wonders.

Warn Platinum 10s has never failed me.


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Wow @98infinity, look at that. What a quick search can find. Look at the red bar towards the top, 3rd one from the end, it does wonders.

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Wow everyone is so helpful around here thanks...

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I'm interested in smittybult x20 10k. Anyone have one?

98infinity said:

Wow everyone is so helpful around here thanks...

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I'm interested in smittybult x20 10k. Anyone have one?

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Spend the extra and get the 12k with synthetic line, that's what I have and a bunch of others in the chicago area have. Contact Roger @RSiWORKS for a great deal on it.