Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

My opinion is don't get steel cable. It's heavier, subject to corrosion, and incredibly dangerous if it breaks under load.

Spend a little more to be safer and have less weight hanging off your vehicle, imo.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/armorlite-washout-floor-coming-for-tacoma.841049/

 

And steel frays...unless you like acupuncture while handling your winch line...

 

I'd hate to pass on a deal.

 

Anything to help...

 

Totally agree.
I recently had to winch my old riding lawn mower out from a precarious situation. I was using the winch on the 4wheeler. Steel cables suck.. I'm glad I carry gloves with me.

 

You guys make it sound like death by cable. A new steel cable has several years of safe life. You all have had several tugs last year from a three year old streel cable... no one died. Fray-yes, with time but I had three years of good use and no cable fray yet. Lighter and safer when it does get over loaded. Hell all we had for years and years were metal cables... Just say'in. I bought mine for like $300 bucks. Added the nylon this year.

 

Yes, how could I forget.
I see this picture every day at work.
A great time with great people

 

Hot enough that you don't want to touch them! Mine ends up running around 8 minutes total when airing up, and I usually like to let it cool off before putting it away.

Awesome! I thought for sure it would have taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque.

Yep! Or, sometimes I just throw it on the floor in the passenger seat and put it in the bag later.

Damn, that's looking awesome!

Yay. I have a Warn EVO, but a bunch of the guys use Badlands. I haven't heard any complaints.

I'd probably buy Warn again if I needed another one, but mostly so that I can stare down my nose at the Harbor Freight winch crowd.

You have a Zeon, correct?

IIRC, their lower end ones are made in China. I still like mine.

 

That's what they mean when they say,
in between a rock and a hard place

 

Yes. Thing gets used a lot out here and has been solid.

 

Team Badland will remember that on the day your WARN goes down.

 

I've seen it in action.

I might upgrade to a Zeon, eventually.

 

Crandon for the weekend?

 

Boom, there it is!

 

You have to ask?!

 

I really need to make that trek sometime