So Friday my yearly Chrysler bonus hits and I'm buying jeep toys. I've been eyeballing the RRO bumper for months now, and as usual, my train of thought went as follows:
-RRO bumper? **** yeah!
-Well, the pre-runner plate isn't that much more, I should get that too
-Hmm...it says it isn't as strong without the winch kit, I should upgrade
-It doesn't really make sense to buy the winch kit without the winch, so I might as well get a winch. The VR8000 is fine
-Well, the fairlead on the VR8000S looks nicer, and it's a nicer system, and it's only a small upgrade
And before you know it, in a predictable fashion I've walked myself from option to option and I'm up a thousand dollars in equipment and go woa, let's take another look lol.
Do I really need a winch? I already have a strap, shackles, and recovery points front and rear of my vehicle. What can a winch do better than what I already have, other than giving my car a badass look? I don't wheel alone, because part of the fun is going with friends Unless you count the beach, which I do to alone, but even if I got stuck, it's not like I have any trees to get myself unstuck with. So a winch would be no more beneficial than my recovery strap I already have.
I don't know the pulling limit of the Trailhawk strap off the top of my head, but I know it is more than what the VR8000S is capable of pulling. A winch would put a strain on the electrical system, and takes longer to set up than a strap does. However, a winch can be used at varying lengths, while a strap's length is fixed.
What other benefits and drawbacks am I missing to both the winch and strap? Basically, give me a winching 101. Money isn't an issue, I'm prepared to spend the money, but I don't want to spend needlessly either.
-RRO bumper? **** yeah!
-Well, the pre-runner plate isn't that much more, I should get that too
-Hmm...it says it isn't as strong without the winch kit, I should upgrade
-It doesn't really make sense to buy the winch kit without the winch, so I might as well get a winch. The VR8000 is fine
-Well, the fairlead on the VR8000S looks nicer, and it's a nicer system, and it's only a small upgrade
And before you know it, in a predictable fashion I've walked myself from option to option and I'm up a thousand dollars in equipment and go woa, let's take another look lol.
Do I really need a winch? I already have a strap, shackles, and recovery points front and rear of my vehicle. What can a winch do better than what I already have, other than giving my car a badass look? I don't wheel alone, because part of the fun is going with friends Unless you count the beach, which I do to alone, but even if I got stuck, it's not like I have any trees to get myself unstuck with. So a winch would be no more beneficial than my recovery strap I already have.
I don't know the pulling limit of the Trailhawk strap off the top of my head, but I know it is more than what the VR8000S is capable of pulling. A winch would put a strain on the electrical system, and takes longer to set up than a strap does. However, a winch can be used at varying lengths, while a strap's length is fixed.
What other benefits and drawbacks am I missing to both the winch and strap? Basically, give me a winching 101. Money isn't an issue, I'm prepared to spend the money, but I don't want to spend needlessly either.