Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Gday was wondering if anyone knows much about tmax winches? Are they any good? Was also looking at a premier winch any help would be great
Cheers

Have a search for the Chinese winch thread, i think it was SA 4x4 have an online mag they did a comparison on them V warn and some others. the general thought was better to save up for a warn that wont let you down, when you need it most.

t max winch is NOT the same as a chinese repco winch ,tmax actually out pull a warn winch.

...for how long?

not sure but hey they are half the price so long enough,there a still quite a few comp vehicles that use them.

I'm running a T-Max 11,000 winch and have been for a while now. I havn't been able to stop it yet.

I used it constantly for about 2 hours (only stopped for repositioning) one afternoon pulling a 4wd out of a sand bog where a creek had gave way. The 4wds front end was under sunk really badly in sand and water so it was copping a hard workout.

So they are very reliable and pull very hard for long periods. I'm also running the cordless remote which makes it even better.

I have photos of the recovery too. LOL

Cheers Mick.

My reading of that article by SA was that there are two or so winches that whilst being ostensibly the same as the chinese ones were vastly different in the quality of the parts specified by the company getting them manufactured, and so therefore substantially better than the standard cheap chinese ones, and quite good winches.
From memory, T-Max was one of them, as was Ironman the ones I've been thinking about.
Considering how rarely I'd use one, especially with front and rear lockers, I wouldn't buy the real carp chinese ones, but the T-Max or Ironman that are made from better parts, seemed to be more than adequate for my needs.

I've got as Tmax 9500 and tried to single line pull a dual cab lux out of mud which was past the sill. It wouldn't do it (of course) but did not burn out so I had to do a double pull to get out. Thats a good test and its still going strong.

I know a few guys who have bought the cheaper winchs and theirs are all dead now. One only lasted three pulls on a Vitara.

yep just because they look like a t max don't mean they are , redlands 4wd has pulled 1 of the cheaper ones apart to find all the gears etc worn out. None of the repco or any other who flung dung chinese trash will go the distance.

hehehe im just waiting for someone to say that the ox electric winches are better cmon someone say it well ok so maybe no one will cause they are no better than a tmax all they are is a rebadged tmax if you don't believe open one up if you have one its still stamped on the inside tmax

nofrontdiff wrote:hehehe im just waiting for someone to say that the ox electric winches are better cmon someone say it well ok so maybe no one will cause they are no better than a tmax all they are is a rebadged tmax if you don't believe open one up if you have one its still stamped on the inside tmax

ox shit all over everything

nofrontdiff wrote:hehehe im just waiting for someone to say that the ox electric winches are better cmon someone say it well ok so maybe no one will cause they are no better than a tmax all they are is a rebadged tmax if you don't believe open one up if you have one its still stamped on the inside tmax

Yea the ox winch is the best, most powerfull,fastest winch in the world.You can winch for 10 hours straight and it wont get hot like the t-max.

i had a 7500lb tmaxx pull me up a hill the other week and im in a 60 series which is almost 3 tonne it was a straight pull up a hill no snatch blocks no nothing it did it pretty good

where do the mean green winches from opposite lock fit into all of this??? i have heard good reports (from an opposite lock saleman) haha... anyone used one?