T-max winches

[pas]

I suppose I should have asked before I bought, but too late now, has anyone heard anything good or bad about T-max winches , mine should arrive tomorrow (£370 from martin motors)

Paul

[Paul]

I'll be watching this one with interest,

I can get the EW11000 for £440 and the EW-9500 for £395.

I can get the T-Max EW11000 with Winch bumper for £595 inc vat.

I thought I'd found a cheap supplier. :-k

[Range Rover Blues]

Don't panic, they're getting cheaper because more of us are buying them, plus they are ripping of US designs so don't need to invest in R&D, plus they use modern manufacturing techniques like laser cutting the gears so there is much less machining than before.
And they're probably made in China for a pittance.
Don't overuse it and you should be fine (avoid smug though) and remember it will probably winch as fast with a double line pull but last lots longer!

[pas]

martin motors are doing the 11000lb for £315 plus vat (minus 3% or internet ordering) (the 9500 is costing about £15 in P&P) but I noticed that the motors are the same HP on the 9500 and 11000 just a lower ratio on the box on the 11000 (so I guess slower, which is why I went for the 9500 since everybody else with disco's seem to find a 9500llb winch to be enough :P , although they prob don't get as stuck as me :twisted: )

Paul

[Sooty]

although they prob don't get as stuck as me :twisted:

Paul

How stuck did I get at East of England show (I think it was there) old age and EP90 pickles the brain.

[Wanderer]

EAOR

Ed

[pas]

what means EOAR

I just seem to be the one who tries stuff first at sites then nobody tries it after :?

Paul

[Wanderer]

Sorry
East Anglian Off Road event.  It was at Bircham Newton near King's Lynn.

Ed

[pas]

eg

[Paul]

Nice and wet Paul. :lol:

Will a T-Max go in a Bowyer bumper.?

[pas]

no idea as i don't know what the bowyer bumper is like but the t max, as has been said already is a copy so I guess the dimensions are the same as most of the others out there

hth

Paul

[strapping young lad]

isnt your bumper similar to a boywer (BRB) bumper paul?

d

[Paul]

That's why I asked as Pauls bumper looks like the one
I had made by David Bowyer.... I had a Good Winch X9
in mine.

[Wanderer]

It does look like one there's so many copies of stuff these days.
Ed

[pas]

ah so thats what BRB stands for :oops:  , yes mine is BRB and i'd be amazed if there is any winch out there (within reason) that won't fit as it as a huge cradle but i guess i'll find out tommorrow as its due for delivery so will let you know

Paul

[Wanderer]

It's also known as the Roo bar.

Ed

[Paul]

I'll find out tommorrow as its due for delivery

Let me know what you think of the winch might be getting one
the same so be interested to hear what you have to say about it.

[pas]

just tried offering the winch up to the bumper and found the first problem.....the clutch/free spool lever clashes with the lower bar of the bull bar so i'll have to chop that and find somewhere else for my spots , just waiting for a mate to arrive with my angle grinder

Paul

[ProjectBlue]

T-max (formally Come Up?) and a few others are made in a chinese factory that also make several other well known brands of winch.
I have a 9000lb winch that I know is a Ramsey in all but name, cost £300+vat & carriage and has prooved itself on my winch virgin busting trip to Severn Sisters where it pulled a 110 out of the river that it had fallen into.
The money I saved on the winch, I used to buy 100ft of plasma (the knock on effect being I saved a further £50 as it didn't come with the wire rope, so weight saving in carriage and discount and I sold the roller fairlead.
 
One bit I learned is think carefully about how you want it wired up. Mine runs from the aux battery so isn't quick, but won't flatten the system and can run with the engine off.

[Paul]

i'll have to chop that and find somewhere else for my spots

Could it not be welded back in slightly higher.?

[pas]

contemplating chopping clutch lever and welding back on 180 degrees round so it rotates back instaed of forwards

Paul

[pas]

I sold the roller fairlead.

so what do you use instead??


Paul

[coffee boy]

may sound silly i had the same mounting prob with the clutch on a g9 and an arb had 3 people look at it and no help then i rang goodwinch prob solved! turn the winch around 45%so the base was on the front section of bumper hey presto the clutch lever was on the top out of the way!

[pas]

I thought about that one but didn't like the look of the set up as the lever is on the top of the winch anyway and would be down the back of the drum near the radiator if I mounted it on the front of the bumper but i'm still in the thinking stages so please keep suggestions comming , one thought is see if they sell another lever bent the other way

[pas]

found the T max website www.t-maxwinches.com

sounds impressive


"From down under, T-MAX is Australia's answer to MAXIMUM OFF-ROAD RECOVERYâ„¢. Developed, engineered and specified for Australia's demanding standards, T-MAX is a full-line of superior off-road recovery winches, straps and equipment. Each winch and recovery accessory is built every bit as tough as the land and environment it was designed for. Because T-MAX, with more standard features than other winches, is intentionally manufactured better than other winches.
It's verifiably every bit as rugged as the outback. In fact, T-MAX winches undergo brutal testing in the extreme 4WD terrain of Australia to assure zero-defect performance. Only after a T-MAX winch has proven its product worthiness in field testing, is it given the clearance to be exported to North America"

Paul

[ProjectBlue]

Paul,

I've got an aluminium hawse on. Had it made by a friend so it was cheaper than the £40 normally charged.

[pas]

ok discovered a few bits whlist fitting the winch the first being the clutch lever needing modification as I said before, the biggest boo boo was fitting the bumper before wiring it up as the earth lead is underneath so a [!Expletive Deleted!] to get at one the winch is in place on the motor (although not impossible), other than that fitting was a doddle although I think i'll be adding some for of isolation as it won't take much to short the thing into action without the control, just go to find somewhere to get stuck and trying it out now :twisted:  :twisted:

Paul

(ps don't like the roller fairlead too much as it sticks out about an inch below the bumper and lots in front, though didn't manage to bury it whilst trialling yesterday)