San Antonio

M series starts at 1200 Dolla for 150 lb winch Dem mericas want to make there Monies back

 

Lol yeah could be.. but also could be a case of you get what you pay for.. Just food for thought! I am gonna buy an M8000s when i pull the trigger

 

I've heard the same things but haven't found anything concrete. I've used my VR a couple times now, once for an actual recovery out of necessity, no issues. Looks and feels like Warn quality to me and they have the same warranty

 

Well hell, if the price difference is huge, and the warranty is the same, i might try one of those as well. Hell even if it craps out on me, i could buy another for less than the price of the other one lol

 

Just go hydraulic and never look back. My 9000lb hydraulic MileMarker was a beast. Used it all the time, broke three cables before I put 10k synthetic. Should have pulled that damn thing off when I sold the Jeep. Dealer sure didn't do me any favors on my trade-in.

 

This is an old post

The WARN VR Series winches are not rebadged Tabors, they're not just rebadged M-series winches, and they're not being bought from a Chinese factory and having WARN logos slapped on 'em.

The WARN VR winches have different motors, geartrains, remotes, and finishes vs. the M-series, and the Tabor winches have been discontinued in North America (and, the VR are still not just old Tabors with new names). The VR Series are backed by the same limited lifetime warranty that we have on all of our other 12V truck winches, and we test them just like all of our other winches. These are currently on our assembly lines in Oregon.

Yes, some of the parts come from global suppliers, but other parts are also are made in our Oregon plants. In addition, they're all designed, engineered, tested, and built in Clackamas, OR.

I hope this clears up some confusion.

- Andy

 

Yup.
And if you buy from 4wp they'll replace it no questions asked anyway.

 

Awesome, thanks for the info brother. This puts my mind at ease! Gonna give em a shot, wont use it very often anyways

 

It's like buying harbor freight tools there crap but the lifetime warranty you can break it take it back get another one for free

 

Good to know, is this just a vendor customer service/warranty thing in addition to the Warn lifetime one?

 

Good analogy. I do that with Kobalt tools from Lowes. I've traded my broken 14mm ratcheting wrench in probably 3 or 4 times now lol. Need to go and get another actually

 

I have two VR series. we have put the one on our hunting truck through hell and it has done great.

 

Great to know. Probably gonna go with a 10k with synthetic line when i finally pull the trigger..

 

Just because one person had a bad experience doesn't mean the product is crap

 

Snatch blocks are your best friend when your in a real bind.

 

Pretty sure i got on Amazon and read thru those reviews, couldve just caught a few that were biased

 

Gonna add those to the list as well. Anything to make the winch work less is a good thing imo

 

And those chinese have been making everything for us for the last 20 years yea it might be crap but we're still buying it

 

When I pull the trigger need more info on stuff like that

 

A good point indeed