what to look at is size ,speed ,and amps. A fast winch is nice but if it draw a lot of amps and you drain your battery and have to stop and re-charge it will put more load on your charging sestem. Also look at how far you will be when you pull the gear changes with ever wrap of line on the drum/spool. A 8000 will drop to a 6000 very fast dering a long pull.