Bandland winches are BEASTS. Though if you're going to get one, get it with the Synthetic rope... not the wire rope.
The Apex winches from Harbor Freight are also great winches. If you follow Matt's Offroad Recovery on Youtube, ALL his winches are Badland and Apex. And he's using them for...
Well mine already has 39k miles on it (I've put on ~400 since I got it - like any kid, I can't help playing with my new toy) and I've not heard or seen anything weird yet. Let's hope it stays that way!
Picked it up just before Thanksgiving, and already had a chance to get some mud on it.
So far I'm EXTREMELY happy, and even more so after poking around with Forscan a bit and customizing things a little. I can't wait to start making physical mods... I already have a grill guard in the...