The Warn that is about $1000 and is magnificent, with a cast, sleek body and double the line speed of others. They just released one with an air compressor that would be handy if you're doing much recovery. A car with inflated tires makes all the difference. Warn controls are better, and you get a nice sticker, beating the baseball cap that the MM comes with. I splintered my 9000ti into about 15 pieces pulling on a car that had a tree grown into it that I didn't see. Warn was justifiably unsympathetic when I tried to turn it in for repair. I replaced it with a $600 Mile Marker that I burned out pulling logs, which I should not have been doing according to the instructions. I got a warranty replacement and it works fine for pulling cars with flat tires onto my trailer that has bumpy, farm-implement style ramps (as in not smooth). Get the largest winch that you can is my advice. Being at the upper limit of the thing will strain it and kill it faster. Mine is mounted to a plate that goes into a trailer hitch. I have a hitch on the truck (no trailer) and a hitch on the trailer. I use a locking dowel to keep the winch wherever it is placed when I'm not around, and this is important. I have a triple-reinforced bumper on the truck. I took a steel tube and had a square tube welded to it. I then had a smaller square post that fits in the square tube fitted with D-rings, handles for carrying, and a loop at the far end. I anchor this to the D-rings welded into the bed of the truck and use the snatch-block (get one - they are indispensible and cheap). The upside down T goes on the bumper with the leg of the T sticking up in the air. This results in a "tail" boom that hangs off the end of the truck, not unlike a tow-truck. Spooling the cable over the snatch block allows me to pick up and move engines around - required because Doc Bullock had 100 of the things on a large property that I went through. Speaking of which, there are about 20 "413" engines and 2 straight eights there that he wants gone. Anyone desiring a 413 core - mostly 63-65, can have one if they come and get it. Offer ends soon when they go to the smelter. --- The other winch item worth getting is a large hook that I sourced from a local tow-truck vendor. The thing has a hook that is semi-circular and is better for grabbing cars in muck where you don't want to be on your back threading a teeny winch hook around cross-members and so forth. Kenyon Wills ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm