Smittybuilt Winches???

Anyone running a smittybuilt winch? They seem to have decent reviews. It's not something that's going to see constant use for me, just when needed in an emergency.

Smittybilt X2O GEN2 10K Waterproof Wireless Winch with Synthetic Rope - 98510

 

I have a 9500 lb Smittybilt on my F150. Like you I don't plan to use it a lot but so far, no complaints. The only thing I've used it for so far is to make sure some trees I was cutting down fell in the right direction and to drag a tree out of the way that had fallen across a road blocking traffic.

I have no plans to bury my truck up to the frame in mud while off road. But I hunt a lot on snow covered and muddy forest service and farm roads where sliding into a ditch is a real concern. I've done it more than once and have always been able to get myself out without a winch. But having one, even a smallish one would have sure made it easier.

You might also want to consider the Harbor Freight winches. I know several people who use them as well. That is what I put on my ATV. Both Harbor Freight and Smittybilt are made in China, maybe in the same factory. In fact, basically everything under $1000 is made in China regardless of the name plate on it.

 

I was looking at the badlands 12k from there but the body armor bumper says only up to a 10k winch so I wasn’t sure… I did t see a badlands apex 10k only the 12k

 

I use the absolute shit out of my smittybilt 10k, so far it works great and pulls hard. On this day in the photo I winched 12 times Wireless remote is super nice and havent had a problem with it, only issue I've had is snapping the synthetic and overdrawing my battery on a hard/long pull.

 

I got the smitty. Haven’t had to use it yet but it was easy to set up.