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Rugged Ridge 15100.01 8,500Lb Winch with Steel Cable
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| List Price: | $431.99 |
| Price: | $274.29 & eligible for FREE Shipping on orders over $35. Details |
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Average customer review:
(41 customer reviews)
Product Description
Light weight. Durable. Affordable. All these things come to mind when
thinking of our Performance Winch from Rugged Ridge. If you’ve ever been
off-roading, then you know the importance of having a winch you can
rely on for any unforeseen circumstances you may encounter. Constructed
of a durable HP series wound motor for long life and extra pulling
power, our winch offers more exclusive features than any other winch in
its price range. Our winch features a tough 3 stage planetary gear box
delivering both power, and reliability on each and every pull. All the
exterior winch body screws and bolts are corrosion resistant stainless
steel and provide a long life.
Safety is the most important consideration with all Rugged Ridge products. Our winches feature automatic load holding to minimize the possibility of winch line slippage in the event of power failure. Winches also include a rubberized remote switch with a 12-foot extension cable allowing for safe use during winch operation. A full instructional manual is included for easy installation. Standard Features:
1-Rugged Ridge 15100.01 8,500Lb Winch, 1-light mount roller fairlead, 1-94' length of 5/16 wire rope, 1-heavy duty latched control hook, 1-12' all weather handheld cable remote, 1-tether/hook strap, 1-users manual.
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Omix-ADA, Inc. warrants to the initial retail purchaser (“purchaser”) only that when installed and used on purchaser’s vehicle according to supplied product installation instructions and/or warnings, purchaser’s Rugged Ridge Vehicle Recovery Winch shall be free of defects in material and workmanship for: (a.) five years with respect to the mechanical components and (b.) one year with respect to all electrical components including motor, solenoids, switches and controls.
About Rugged Ridge
Rugged Ridge develops and sells Jeep parts accessories for the growing Jeep and off road enthusiast market. Rugged Ridge is a division of Omix-ADA, the market-leader for replacement and restoration Jeep parts. With this know-how and experience the Rugged Ridge pedigree is well established in the Jeep market and with the Jeep enthusiast. Realizing that there was a need for new Jeep accessories, the Rugged Ridge brand was established in 2005 to fill that need. Rugged Ridge has designed and manufactured over 3,000 products for the Jeep market and continues to develop hundreds of additional Jeep accessories each year. Many of the recent developed Jeep accessories are patented, like the Jeep floor liners, Jeep snorkel and Jeep XHD modular bumpers. Count on Rugged Ridge to provide you with true and proven Jeep parts and accessories.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4855 in Automotive
- Brand: Rugged Ridge
- Model: 15100.01
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x 12.50" w x 26.00" l, 85.00 pounds
Features
- Automatic load holding brake system
- Tough 3 Stage Planetary Gear box
- Light mount roller fairlead included
- Tough stainless hardware
- Durable 5.5 HP Series Wound motor
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Bench Test Before Installation!
By old sailor
The schematic is slightly wrong. I suggest that you bench test this winch, before you install it. To reverse the direction of a DC motor, the "normal" method is to reverse the armature connection. This winch controller reverses the series field. The ground connection for the armature is located on the bottom of the unit. It is imperative that you connect this terminal to a solid ground. If the ground connection comes loose, electrical current will flow through the bearings in the motor and also the gear box bearings. That problem will cause rapid bearing failure. To prevent this problem, I installed an Optima battery. The top terminals, are connected to the Electrical system of my 1988 Ford 4X4. The side terminals on the Optima battery are directly connected to the winch. This I have found to be the most efficient way to ensure that a "solid" ground has been established. The control unit, connector is a little bit cheap. I suggest that you install a heavy duty connector with a waterproof cover. For the price, the winch is worth it. Since my application may be different from yours, I suggest that you "think it out" before you begin the installation. Passing thought. To prevent your winch from "vanishing" from your vehicle, tack weld all of the mounting bolts. That way, if it is stolen, they had to "work at it". Yes, If I had the need, I would buy another Rugged Ridge winch!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
good quality, good install options, good price
By Amazon Customer
I installed this yesterday on my 2006 Jeep Wrangler, so I can't yet speak to the pulling power. But, the build quality is excellent, and I really like the fact that you can install the solenoid box over the motor (off to the side), or directly over the cable drum in the center. The handheld remote cable locks into the solenoid box, which I like (though this isn't explained in the instructions). Excellent price through Amazon.
The only mistake I made: I thought I'd do all the wiring connections after I had the winch installed on my vehicle, but there's a bolt for the ground wires on the bottom of the motor that's impossible to access once you have the winch bolted in place. I had to remove the winch, and the mounting plate, to complete the wiring. So, hook up the electric cables to the winch motor and solenoid *before* you bolt the winch in place.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Yes, it works!
By J. Young
This is an honest used the winch for its intended purpose review.
A buddy and I recently got into wheeling and knew that a winch was a good piece of equipment to have and for the price we decided why not and slapped it on his old CJ.
First time wheeling in cold misty conditions we have some dirt bikers tell us a guy is stuck and needs to be pulled out. We show up and the stuck rig is on a Jeep Waggoner frame with a full cage and 44s in about two feet of mud.
We made 3 pulls with this winch with each pull lasting several minutes. First pull was to pull him backwards to get a good angle to pull him out. Winch pulled him slowly but surely backwards and broke him free of all the tension of the mud.
Second pull was to actually pull him out. It was slow going until we found out he didn't have the rig in neutral (so it pulled him backwards stuck in the mud in park with no issues). Once in neutral we had no issues pulling him up about a 2' embankment. There we attempted to charge his dead battery so we made a 3rd pull through some brush so we could attach a tow strap and tow him back to his trailer.
So to recap 3 pulls, several minutes long with about 10m downtime between pulls on a large heavy wheeling rig stuck in mud up an embankment.
The only thing we noticed was one of the plastic terminal caps melted from the heat.
So yes, this winch works. And that rig we pulled out especially with the tension of the mud was probably very close to the 8,500 lb rating.
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