The first thing that truly tested my Warn RT30 was an old 5 in 1/2 thick steel pipe that was a clothes line pole that was about 5 ft deep. My dad's Warn 2500 stripped the plastic gears so he called me. With my first pull it went twice as far as my dad's did. After repositioning my hook and using a piece of wood as a pivot point(to help pull it up and out), it sucked it right outta there. Before that day, my Dad was saying I was wasting money on a winch that big and didn't need all that metal gears and sealed housing crap. Changed his mind in an instant. Now his winch is crap and mine didn't even slow very much. A true testament to metal gears. Got mine for $360 for the winch with free shipping from allterrainonline.com . Great company and fast shipping(FedEx).
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rubyandforeman,
The new 2500RT & XT both are sealed and have metal gears like the 3000lb. I looked at the price and didn't mind spending alittle more though. If you have a smaller budget just go with the 2500. I will be all you need.
Homie189,
The gears are made of plastic and will strip if you ever challenge the winch. I guess the motor is too strong and keeps trying beyond the 2500lb limit. Thats why metal gears is always the way to go.
The new 2500RT & XT both are sealed and have metal gears like the 3000lb. I looked at the price and didn't mind spending alittle more though. If you have a smaller budget just go with the 2500. I will be all you need.
Homie189,
The gears are made of plastic and will strip if you ever challenge the winch. I guess the motor is too strong and keeps trying beyond the 2500lb limit. Thats why metal gears is always the way to go.
I haven't taken a winch apart myself, but from pics I've seen, the 2500 Warn has planetary gears(which may be metal) and then the housing has gear teeth on the inside of it which the planetary gears spin around on. Now, if the housing teeth are plastic, in my book the winch does have plastic gears. Don't know, but just a thought. Metal gear teeth matched with plastic gear teeth is never a good matchup. Ok no plastic gears, but the teeth the actual gear's teeth they work off of are plastic. I am right?
That's what I thought. Dumb idea IMO. Warn should fire the team that designed that and then slap theirselves for letting it get to the public. The old 2500 is a good reliable winch (most of the time) though. METAL: PLASTIC:
My Warn 3000RT is very quiet. The loudness is probably thanks to the motor, not the gears.
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