About X-Bull winches.

[mickmutante]

Hi there!
I have been looking for a winch for my 2000, VG33e Pathfinder, I thing it would be ok to buy between 9.000lbs and 10.000lbs . I do not have heavy equipment, I sometimes i do some offrading alone, so, but sometimes a winch can save the day.
I am planing to install it below the original bumper, hidden.
So... I found a brand name X-Bull on Amazon, prices goes from $290 + shipping for a 10.000lbs winch with synthetic rope, too good to be true?

Does someone knoes the brand, have sme experience with it?
Should I buy a SmittyBilt or Warn winch?

Thanks.

 

[Heavyhoe02]

Hi there!
I have been looking for a winch for my 2000, VG33e Pathfinder, I thing it would be ok to buy between 9.000lbs and 10.000lbs . I do not have heavy equipment, I sometimes i do some offrading alone, so, but sometimes a winch can save the day.
I am planing to install it below the original bumper, hidden.
So... I found a brand name X-Bull on Amazon, prices goes from $290 + shipping for a 10.000lbs winch with synthetic rope, too good to be true?

Does someone knoes the brand, have sme experience with it?
Should I buy a SmittyBilt or Warn winch?

Thanks.

i ran that exact 10k xbull winch on my 4runner for 3 years with no issues, sold the rig and to my knowledge is still working.

 

[grizzlypath]

I'm giving it a shot and so far it's worked as expected compared to some of my other more expensive winches. Time will tell on longevity, but I've used it quite a bit without any issue at all. I've heard it might be worthwhile to pop it apart and grease, or ensure there's grease, on the planetary gears. I haven't yet though.

In retrospect I'd probably rather have the Harbor Freight 12k winch since I have the room on this bumper and they have more features, and you can get them about the same price when they're having a discount. But this X-Bull has been working great.