Costco 8000# winch

dangerous toy · Apr 16, 2007

is anyone running the 8000# winch from costco or know any details about it. my bro just got one and peeled the champion sticker off, it looks like a nice winch for $299! if anyone is running it and you arent too ashamed to admit it, lemme know whatcha think. thanks, DT

cmud · Apr 16, 2007

A friend of mine bought one for his xj, seems to work pretty good.

Not Jobless · Apr 16, 2007

Seen a couple down in AZ as well.

blackcj71 · Apr 16, 2007

Ask MJP1080 he's got one on his rig...

79chevy39.5's · Apr 16, 2007

buddy has one if i had a costco membership id get one maybe it could hold me over until i can get a warn

PUO-BANNED · Apr 16, 2007

Not a bad winch.:awesomework: Buddy of mine has one on his Cj5, works good.

TheMasterbater · Apr 16, 2007

I'm running one and after yesterday am happy with it for the price. It did a fare share of pulling yesterday :awesomework:

darius · Apr 17, 2007

I've never had any issue's with the cheapo winches, if you can get over being slooow it's a good deal.

Goddamn winches arent as cheap as they used to be, just a few year's ago(seem's like) an M8000 was $449, Just bought Nike one on saturday and got a good guy deal for $600.

dangerous toy · Apr 17, 2007

thanks for the input

thanks for the the replies, i think i might have to pick one up this weekend.:awesomework: DT

64FJ40 · Apr 17, 2007

And the best part is that if it sucks or dies, you just take it back. Just don't let it get stolen.

Of course, it would suck for it to break or stall in a critical situation... But if you gotta buy a cheapo winch, I'd rather have Costco to stand behind it than Harbor Freight.

Bunk1 · Apr 17, 2007

Arnt they Milemarker winches or is that somewhere else?

84Toyota4x4 · Apr 17, 2007

Costco had Milemarker winches on their website for about $300, but I cant seem to find them anymore...

~T.J.

Geargrinder65 · Apr 17, 2007

They are the same ones as the HF winches. Nothing wrong with them other than the slow line speed. I run the HF 10,000lb one with NO PROBLEMS! I had an 8,000lb HF that I burned up 2X, each time I took it back and got a new one NO QUESTIONS ASKED! The 10,000lb one has not given me whimper yet:redneck: For the $$ I don't think they can be beat:awesomework:

Totalled · Apr 17, 2007

HF 8000lb = Mile Marker PE8000... just different sitckers...

One of my buddies has the Champion from Costco and it worked great till the soliniod went tits up.

TheMasterbater · Apr 17, 2007

Geargrinder65 said:
They are the same ones as the HF winches. :

No they arent.

NotMatt · Apr 17, 2007

Friend of mine has the champion one from costco on his rig... working fine so far. My only beef is that the clutch lever seems kind of cheesy, but it works.

Geargrinder65 · Apr 21, 2007

TheMasterbater said:
No they arent.

Sorry, had not been to Costco in a while:looser: Your right, they are not. The last time I was in there they had the Mile Marker/ HF winches for $339.
Now I see they have some other style. Still looks similar tho.

Mock Knight · Apr 22, 2007

I can't find winches at ALL on there site?

tsm1mt · May 16, 2007

I had one for a while on a Scout II.

Worked fine for a few months and several pulls, even pulling a Bronco hooked to the back of the Scout while winching.

A bit slow, but so what?

If it hadn't exploded on me, I'd still have it.

I stripped the clutch, broke the housing, and the cable came unspooled (despite having a full layer of cable still on the drum) and broke the drum, too.

Hauled it all back into Costco, they gave me my $300 back, and I bought a T-Max 9k. Faster, and hasn't let me down yet.

I have the Costco/Champion 2,000lbs-er on my trailer, and it works pretty well.