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by DmccartneyFF2TB » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:46 pm

Temp. install untill i get my bumper from Mike.
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by mikepeters1983 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 2:38 pm

very nice, I got a XRC12 on the way for my beast lol
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by DmccartneyFF2TB » Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:14 pm

mikepeters1983 wrote:very nice, I got a XRC12 on the way for my beast lol



Nice i wish i woulda got the xrc 10... it alll works.
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by mikepeters1983 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:44 pm

I got the XRC12 for only like 425 bucks man lol
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by DmccartneyFF2TB » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:06 pm

mikepeters1983 wrote:I got the XRC12 for only like 425 bucks man lol



From where?
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by DmccartneyFF2TB » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:09 pm

mikepeters1983 wrote:I got the XRC12 for only like 425 bucks man lol


From where?
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by mikepeters1983 » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:11 pm

Amazon man,and had free shipping lol
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by Trail X » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:35 pm

Did you bolt it to the thin thin impact bar?
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by fishsticks » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:09 am

Good lord he did.


Dude, don't use that thing... at least get a bigger piece of plate and take it to the frame bolts.
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by The Roadie » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:11 am

Hope not. That would attract hazing like when I mounted my first tow hooks to the bottom of the radiator skid plate. Damn, I was a dumb noob. Second picture shows how I had to tug the skid plate back the first time I dug the hooks into a rock and the radiator moved the shroud and jammed the fan.

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by mikepeters1983 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:10 am

So the XRC12 should be good, but anyone think that might be to much and or to big lol?
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by Mooseknuckle » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:18 am

its all good. Looks sweet on your rig. good luck with it.
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by DmccartneyFF2TB » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:49 am

I put a piece of angle iorn in the undterside of the bumper to give it strengthand that bolts in to the frame. Im not that dumb come on and its only a temp thing.
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by Diacom » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:50 pm

mikepeters1983 wrote:So the XRC12 should be good, but anyone think that might be to much and or to big lol?



When it comes to needing a winch, there's never such a thing as too much, perhaps too big, but never too much. If it fits, it's not too big either.

You never now what you will be pulling yourself or someone else out of.
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by mikepeters1983 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:48 pm

Diacom wrote:
mikepeters1983 wrote:So the XRC12 should be good, but anyone think that might be to much and or to big lol?



When it comes to needing a winch, there's never such a thing as too much, perhaps too big, but never too much. If it fits, it's not too big either.

You never now what you will be pulling yourself or someone else out of.

Oh I do a little lol. got a 3000lb jeep stuck so bad I stalled a 8000lb winch out, plus I also started to pull the full size truck to my jeep when we hook up a snack block lol.
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by Hpimichael02 » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:20 pm

your gonna kill air flow to your radiator... and mmmmm you kinda stole my idea but mine is much different and wont be bolted to that , plus you wont be disapointed with the xrc 8 it got me out of a few jams

i doored my trailblazer is think frozen mud and my xrc 8 pulled me 35 ft
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by navigator » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:52 am

I know on the jeep boards they advise 3X your vehicle weight but with a 3k lb Jeep, a 9k winch is no big deal. When you get to a 5k lb TB though it might be tough to swing a 15k winch. I guess it depends on where you are going.
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by Trail X » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:06 am

navigator wrote:I know on the jeep boards they advise 3X your vehicle weight but with a 3k lb Jeep, a 9k winch is no big deal. When you get to a 5k lb TB though it might be tough to swing a 15k winch. I guess it depends on where you are going.


I believe the winch size standard is 1.5x the GVW.
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by mikepeters1983 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:11 am

So for the Trailblazer EXT's 12,000lb winch is good lol
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