I just wasted $150 on a cheap winch for my ATV that broke pulling me out of a ditch near Lake Placid.

Has anyone found a winch under $300 that actually holds up in deep snow?

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That's a rough way to find out a winch won't cut it, especially up there. Been in that spot before and it's no fun at all. In my experience, deep snow puts a crazy amount of strain on everything. A lot of the cheaper models just don't have the guts for it, even if the pull rating looks good on paper. It might be worth saving a bit longer for something known to be tough, because getting stuck with a broken winch is the worst. Sorry that happened, man.

the_robin3mo ago

Ugh, that sounds miserable...

the_wyatt20d ago

$150 for a winch that snapped in deep snow? Man, that's brutal. I mean, you'd think at that price it could at least handle one pull out of a ditch, not just fold like a cheap lawn chair. Hope you got the ATV unstuck somehow, because that's the kind of bad luck that ruins a whole afternoon.