jeepsta

I have a buddy who has a smittybuilt winch 3,000lb capacity 3.95 horsepower motor wants to sell me for 50 dollars no serious off roading would this be good for a 2 door X for self recovery.

genesbro

I would say that you would almost surely have to use a snatch block for any recovery operation. Even then it would working pretty hard I think. Good price though.

shockwaveaz

I wouldn't rely on it for self recovery. Sounds like its for a quad. Its just not big enough. If you want to make it work just buy a couple snatch blocks to increase the pulling power. But that could cost just over a hundred bucks. Your better off saving for an 8000 pound winch for $300.

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McPuck86

Use it to rig up a do it yourself hard top removal system.

shockwaveaz

That's what I was thinking but your not supposed to use them for lifting because the type of break that's used. But, based on the capacity it might not even matter since the top is so light.

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cfr

Rock crawlers use smaller winches to compress the front and rear suspension to lower the center of gravity in risky situations. Don't know how much that's needed on a JK.

Olean NY Jeeper

save ur money. not big enough for a jeep. it would have a hard time pulling ur jeep unless flat andnot stuck. u also run the risk of snapping a cable.

w squared

That winch might be good for lots of things, but putting it on the front (or back) of a JK isn't one of them. Even a 6000 pound winch would be seriously underpowered for a JK recovery.

In general, you want to pick a winch that is rated for at least twice what your Jeep weighs. Do some searching, and you'll find the threads here that will explain to you why this is. Here are a few factors to consider:

-You may have to pull up to three times the gross weight of your Jeep.
-The rated capacity of your winch will only be reached on the bottom wrap.
-You can use a snatch block to double pulling capacity.

sclan

1) buy it then resell it for more mod money

2) you can fab something up like Olympic bumpers to raise and lower your spare tire

jeepsta

Thanks for all the help I am still going to buy just won't use on the jeep. Thanks