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Originally Posted by tussery
Before buying a winch you need to look carefully at their true pull ratings. Some manufacturers of more affordable winches will rate them as 9000lb pull winches but they hide in the ratings that this is under a double line pull. You can not go wrong with a Warn. I have a Warn M8000 on my Jeep and it has payed for itself a few times. Another thing worth looking at is some of the more affordable brands line speeds. Most of the times the Warn has a line speed twice as fast as the competitors when the winch is unloaded.
And usually a rule of thumb for winches is you want to get one that is capable of pulling double your vehicles weight in a single line pull.
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Lets compare the Warn xd9000 to the T-max EW9000 (see above specs posted by MJK
Frankly, the only difference I can see, other than price (Warn is much more expensive), is the T-max has a 6.6 hp motor while the Warn has a 4.6 hp motor
Note: T-max's are known for running fairly cool under heavy loads (as compared to other winches).... probably because of the large hp motor. In order to pull 9000 lbs a 6.6 hp motor only has to work 2/3rds as hard as a 4.6 hp motor.