Exactly! You never know when you're going to need the winch or how much pull it'll take to free the vehicle. My thought is if you're spending that kind of money on a winch, why not get one that is on the oversized end of the spectrum? If you don't use it so what. It's when you need it and don't have it that can get expensive! One of my pet-peeves is when someone tells me I don't need one or when someone tells me my 9K is too big for my vehicle.
Jason T.
Because installing a winch requires more than just buying a bigger winch. You also need a big heavy winch bumper up front, and then you need another receiver mounted winch for the rear. Something like this you could use on any recovery point, be it a hook, shackle, or whatever, and you don't need any additional hardware.
I know people say you need a winch with 2x the capacity of the vehicle weight, but that just seems ridiculous to me. What are you doing, pulling your truck up into a helicopter? If you're stuck that bad and pulling out with a winch, it seems to me like you did something you shouldn't have done, or did to impress your obstacle tackling rock crawling friends. Since this is Expeditionportal, I would assume most people get stuck because of lack of traction.
What do I know though, I've never used a winch
