Smitty Built Winch - $350 10K winch What am I getting into

[ssj123]

i dont know much about the smittybuilt but i agree with spanky on the superwinch. with the guys i wheel with we have superwinch, warn, harbor freight (chicago electric), and mile marker. out of all of them superwinch is by far my favorite for the price and performance value. the warn works great as it should be expected but is way too rich for my blood. the harbor freight winch works amazing for how cheap it is (about the same as the smitty) but it has been rebuilt once so far. and for mile marker i wouldnt touch their winches with a 10 ft pole that thing never works right. i currently dont run a winch cause i just picked up a new xj but on my old one i actually ran a champion winch which is sold at tractor supply company. the prices on that are also comparable to the smitty and i had zero issues with that and i did some heavy winching on it. sorry not trying to write a book here but just figured id give my on my winch experiences. hope it helps at all.

[Mudderoy]

I wouldn't mind having a cheap winch that I could pull out and hook up to the rear 2" receiver.