That is supposed to be a very good winch.
No way, they're a real piece of garbage. They have 2 big problems, the solenoid going out and the motor going out.
Very cheap Chinese motors inside, it's kinda like a motor shaped object.
The biggest reason people buy them is that they're cheap. I'd almost rather go with an HF Badlands winch than a Smittybilt. Here's one on Ebay for $340 w/free-shipping. (9500 lb)
BD1, yeah, it sounds good on paper, but here's a video of a Smittybilt 9500 with a new 10k motor and look how it struggles to pull my '46 up the tilt-top, although it did work out well for me to take it over to the weigh station and DMV, I did have to get the '46 running to drive it to the DMV for final inspection with the DMV folks. The winch did get it up there, but after I watch it later it didn't seem like 9500 lbs. of pulling with a 3000 lb. load.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYbE4OIKFpcThis winch came with my trailer that I just FUBAR'd. I think the seller was glad to get rid of it.
I will never buy another one.
