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Just need some thoughts. I have a 9500 Ramsey winch that came off my old truck, it works great it's just been sitting in the garage taking up space since I bought my 06. So would y'all put a winch on your current ruck if you already had one available? All I need is to buy a mount and bolt it on and I'm done. It's the nice one too, with the wireless remote. Any thoughts?

Carder09 Senior Enthusiast

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Well if you go off-roadin' alot and need it to help pull you out or maybe even some work related stuff you could use it for then I say go ahead and install it.

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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i have seen GMT800's with the winch mounted behind the air dam(the plastic thing with the foglights) and thats what id figure out how to do if had a winch. i know that Warn actually makes an airdam thats have a hole for the winch and it looks pretty cool.

 

i think winches are a little bit bulky unless you have giant steel bumpers with a place to mount it

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You could mount it in your garage and use it for lifting. :)
or mount it in the bed to help load stuff

 

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i have seen GMT800's with the winch mounted behind the air dam(the plastic thing with the foglights) and thats what id figure out how to do if had a winch. i know that Warn actually makes an airdam thats have a hole for the winch and it looks pretty cool.

 

i think winches are a little bit bulky unless you have giant steel bumpers with a place to mount it

 

 

Yea that's the other thing, I can't find a mount that really makes me say " wow I want that on my truck!" the price is rough too. I bought the warn trans4mer setup for my 98 for $500 bucks out the door. Grill guard, brush guards and winch tray. Just the grill guard and winch tray for my current truck is over $700. Plus there's the issue of hanging 200+ pounds off the front of my truck. It's not that great for the handling lol. I mounted it on a receiver cradle when I took it off and just never used it, maybe I'll just keep it on that and use it or sell it. And put that $700 towards some new rims. I don't remember the last time I went off road so j guess Its not like a major necessity or anything.

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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If you have a use for it then yeah put it on, but if you dont and mount it just for looks I say no just sell it and use the money for something else. A winch thats on a truck and not used will go bad over time so your better off selling it.

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Yea that's a good point. Not much point in putting it on for looks when someone else would actually use it. I've seen the behind the air dam setup too, but mine has the integrated solenoids above the drum Which would make it a very tight fit. I'm not positive I wanna sell it yet. It's got sentimental value in a way. It was a high school graduation present from my patrents lol

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Ok so can someone give me an idea of a fair price on this winch? It was bought new in 2005, and mounted on my 98 k1500. Its a Ramsey patriot 9500 with integrated solenoids across the top. It has the wired and wireless remote systems that came with it and they both work. It's now mounted on a receiver cradle with quick connects and I also have the wires to go on the truck. It has always been covered until the cover started to tear, but it's been in the garage so it basically looks like new except for a couple rock chips. It's been used less that a dozen times and is fully functional. I was thinking $800 with all the multi mount stuff and maybe $700 without. It also has 105 feet of cable and the roller fair lead, jus like out of the box. Does this sound fair? Thanks in advance.

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that might be a little pricey. but it all really depends on where you live. put it on craigslist for the prices you want and go from there. people will offer you below that anyway.

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Yea I emailed a guy on Craigslist last night, he said he was looking for a warn or Ramsey winch, 8k or larger. When I told him my price, he politely refused and said he could by a new warn m8000 for 550. That's true, but it's like comparing a scooter to a Harley IMO. This winch would run close to $1200 if bought new. I'm not tooting my own horn here but it's in like new condition. I don't have to sell it and I definitely don't wanna low ball myself. Thanks for your advice though, that's what I wanted to hear. Just wanted to see if I was in the ballpark or not.

 

I've also noticed that I don't see very many winch equipped trucks in my area, and I see almost none listed on Craigslist. I guess I'm just not in a good area. Oh well lol

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If I didn't have a use for it I would sell it and try to get some money back out of it.....No use holding onto it if you don't plan on putting it on the truck.

 

 

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