Nonprophet
Observer
Came home from work for lunch today and popped on Craigslist to check things out. A guy had an ad for a "Warn winch receiver mount--$75."
I've always liked the idea of a receiver mounted winch so you'd have the option of mounting it up front or in back. Warn wants $145 for their winch carrier, and another $200 for the front receiver mount, so the $75 bucks the guy was asking seemed pretty reasonable, so I hot-footed it over to his place to buy it.
Imagine my surprise when he opens the garage and I see the winch carrier with a nice, shiny, like-new looking XD9000i winch bolted to it! I asked him if it worked, and he said he was sure it did--but he'd never used it--it had come with the 2002 Dodge pickup he'd bought, and he'd just gotten a new 40' 5th wheel and new Dodge pickup and sold the 2002, and he'd forgotten all about the winch until he found it in a corner in his garage today.....
Needless to say I couldn't get the money out of my pocket fast enough--in fact I only had 20's so I just gave him $80 and told him to keep the change!!!! :wings: He doesn't know where the remote is and I'll have to buy the wiring kit, but man this thing looks like new for $80!!!!
Funny thing was I was going to order a new M8000 this afternoon when I got off work 'cause my new ARB bumper should be here next week.........
I've always liked the idea of a receiver mounted winch so you'd have the option of mounting it up front or in back. Warn wants $145 for their winch carrier, and another $200 for the front receiver mount, so the $75 bucks the guy was asking seemed pretty reasonable, so I hot-footed it over to his place to buy it.
Imagine my surprise when he opens the garage and I see the winch carrier with a nice, shiny, like-new looking XD9000i winch bolted to it! I asked him if it worked, and he said he was sure it did--but he'd never used it--it had come with the 2002 Dodge pickup he'd bought, and he'd just gotten a new 40' 5th wheel and new Dodge pickup and sold the 2002, and he'd forgotten all about the winch until he found it in a corner in his garage today.....
Needless to say I couldn't get the money out of my pocket fast enough--in fact I only had 20's so I just gave him $80 and told him to keep the change!!!! :wings: He doesn't know where the remote is and I'll have to buy the wiring kit, but man this thing looks like new for $80!!!!
Funny thing was I was going to order a new M8000 this afternoon when I got off work 'cause my new ARB bumper should be here next week.........
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