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Gorilla
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Best Winch Story Contest.
Read what people are doing with their Gorilla
2500lb and 3000lb winch! Send us your Story.
May 2007 - Waiting for your "Best
winch story"
"I pull 4x4's out
of the mud with my Gorilla Winch"
April 2007
I was a little skeptical
when i first purchased my
gorilla 3000lb winch back in
early 2006. for the price, i
did not expect much as far
as durability or actual
strength. after installing
it i put it to the test,
find the worst mud possible
and bury my atv as far as
possible. after trying and
failing to recover my atv
with another atv, i put the
gorilla to the test. with
little effort, my atv was
free for the muck. the next
obsticle it endured was
pulling a half ton pick-up,
high centered on the frame,
from a very steep drainage
ditch. the gorilla got the
job done. the ultimate feet
came when a couple of guys
in 4x4 pick-ups where
mudding at a near trail. one
of the trucks got stuck in a
mud hole, buried in mud to
the doors. after the guys
tried to recover the truck
with their other truck and
had no luck, the gorill
steped up to the challenge
one again. with the winch
cable doubled, via. a snatch
block, to a tree; the mighty
gorilla gave it all it had
and recovered the pick-up.
the two guys were amazed
that an atv with a 3000lb
winch could out pull a 4x4
on dry land (note; the atv
is only a 400cc 4x4). i
suggested to the guys that
they get a gorilla, its all
they will need. i recenty,
actualy today, received my
second gorilla winch that is
going on my wifes atv. i
have tortured my gorilla for
over a year now..would i buy
a gorilla again?-i already
have...that gorilla is a
real go get'er.......keep up
the good work on keeping the
prices down......
charlie s
"I winched 2 ATV's
out of the mud at the same time!"
March 2007
I bought a Gorilla 3000 lb. winch
for my 400 4x4 atv. My friends have
700's with 27" mud tires. one of
them had a winch made by a different
manufacturer and it stripped the
gear on the drum. I was concerned
that I might be in trouble because I
bought a less expensive winch. We
were mudding in a hole near my house
and one our buddies got stuck in a
hole that has no bottom. Another
friend went in to pull him out and
he sunk too. I pulled around to get
a good pulling angle on the second
four wheeler and stretched out my
winch cable. We had a 20 strap
hooked to my 35 foot cable to reach
him and another 20 foot strap to
the first guy. Both of these four
wheelers are 700's and weigh a lot
more then my 400. I buried my four
wheeler but the winch just pulled me
out of my holes. So we hooked
another four wheeler to mine and
buried both of them. I started
winching the two bikes out (at the
same time) and when they started
moving I realized the power of my
little winch so I stopped and to and
took a picture of the seen with my
phones camera. Fortunately, my
friends have a good sense of humor.
(I will send a copy of the Pictures
when I get a Cable to download
them). Then I started winching
again. I was truly amazed at the
power of my Gorilla Winch as I
pulled two vary large bikes,
bulldozing through some thick mud at
the same time. Oh course, when I was
done I had to rub in the fact that
my cheap little winch pulled there
butts out of the mud.
Yesterday we went mudding again
and I spent most of time pulling
people out. When I finally went out
to do some mudding myself, it was an
awesome feeling to be able to get
myself "unstuck" with my winch. If
you haven't bought a Gorilla Winch
because you think that paying more
is getting more, you are mistaken. I
will tell you that my experience has
been great!
Rick S
New Port Richey, Florida
"I WINCHED MY
SUV!" February 2007
When I got
my
3,000lb Waterproof Winch from the
guys at
www.gorillawinches.com, I wasn’t
sure what to expect. I’ve used their
winches on other ATV’s before, but this
was the first go at using their new
waterproof line. My first experience
with it only reassured me that my
decision to get a Gorilla was the right
one. My SUV would not start. It was in
the inclined driveway and I needed to
get it into the garage and out of the
subzero elements. There was no way I
could push the vehicle up the incline
and into the garage without risking
injury. So I opted to put the new winch
to the test right out of the gate.
Having the ATV inside the garage
already, I hooked the winch directly to
the SUV (no snatch block was used) and
proceeded to winch it right on in. That
was impressive, but what impressed me
even more is that the winch didn’t even
have to work. It sounded like it was
freespooling! It was quiet, efficient,
and got the job without so much as one
hiccup.
Since then,
I’ve used the
Gorilla winch
many times to raise and lower my 62”
steel plow when clearing the snowfalls
we’ve had this winter. I also use it to
draw down the front end of my ATV when I
trailer it. That helps secure the ATV
better for hauling, and is something I
could not do by just using my body
weight. I’m looking forward to the
upcoming riding season here in Minnesota
so that I can further prove myself (and
others) why my decision to get a winch
from the great guys at
www.gorillawinches.com was the right
one! I’m going to get another Gorilla
winch for the rear of my ATV as well!
A huge facet of any
purchase (be it a automobile, ATV,
Television, etc…) is the post sale
support. When I’ve ever had any
questions, they have not only been
willing to help me out but they
responded in lightening quick fashion.
Partner that level of service with their
superior quality and affordable price
point and it makes the
Gorilla winch
the ONLY logical choice for me, bar
none.
Todd S.
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"BURIED
ALIVE!" January 2007
In October of 2006 I purchased a
Gorilla 3000 lb winch for my
2002 Polaris Sportsman 700. I
had been needing one every since
I got my quad and finally bit
the bullet and bought a Gorilla
because I had heard good things
about them and the price was
right. When
I received the kit in the mail
everything was labeled well and
the directions were easy to
follow. I installed it in
one evening after work, and I
couldn’t be more satisfied with
it.
I have used my winch so much in
the last 3 months that I don’t
know how I lasted without it.
Every time that we go riding I
can pretty much guarantee that I
will be using it. We clear a lot
of brush and cut wood at our
farm in Southern WV and
nothing is better for pulling
lots out of the trails. The
satisfaction of pulling out
other quads with my winch is
just something else. Since
buying mine, 2 of my buddies
have already bought theirs as
well, because seeing is
believing with these winches.
Well last weekend
the weather was around 35
degrees and we all went riding.
Saturday morning we rode and at
around 1:30 PM I was going to
head back home but I decided to
make one last cruise around an
old lakebed that we had been
riding and racing around on most
of the morning. Well, I’m
sure you can see where this is
leading. I rode up to a very
nice little setting with a creek
rolling down from 2 hills, so I
just sat on my Polaris and
killed the motor and took it all
in for a few minutes. I heard my
friends quad so I started mine
again to ride out and I noticed
that I had sunk 10 inches while
I was just sitting there! The
ground looked solid and there
was grass on the top layer, but
underneath it was just deep mud.
I put my bike in 4 wheel drive,
but all I could do was spin
because the frame was on the
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My friend Travis got his bike
hung up too and then the work
began. We were able to winch
mine to a few trees and the
winch pulled fine, but the mud
just kept getting worse. We
worked for about 3 hours and
only pulled the quad about 20
feet, and then we were still not
out of the mud. The bike was
actually slowly sinking, and
when we would stand around
beside it we were sinking too. I
was shoveling the front of the
bike out and knew I was sinking,
but just kept working. Well
pretty soon I was sunken to my
mid-thigh in this nasty cold
mud, and because it had such a
hold on me, I was unable to pull
free. I actually had to hold
onto one of the logging chains
hooked to another quad and pull
out, in which I thought that I
was going to pull my hip out.
This scared me a good bit
because I knew that the bike was
slowly sinking, the temperature
was dropping down below 30, and
we were losing daylight. We
continued winching from old dead
tree to tree and the winch just
kept pulling. We would try to
let it cool as you are supposed
to, but with the situations as
they were, we had to sometimes
pull constantly to keep the quad
from sinking in the mess. We
were too busy working and trying
to get the quad out to really
realize what we were putting the
winch through. By 9 PM that
night, we had winched a total of
30 feet in mud that is only
comparible to quicksand. I don’t
know if it was the amount of
work we had put it through
already or what, but the winch
had started losing it’s pulling
power (which we later found that
we had just burnt the motor up).
We were exhausted, the bike was
still stuck, and we were almost
out of gasoline. We chose that
we would just have to come back
in the morning and continue, as
we were all starving and
dangerously cold. The next day
we worked for 6 hours but only
managed to get a 4wheel drive
truck and a 4 wheel drive John
Deere tractor stuck, but
couldn’t get the quad out. I
couldn’t work much on Sunday as
I had frostbite on the fingers
on my right hand and my toes in
my right foot. My fingers on
my right hand swelled up so much
that they split like overcooked
hotdogs. Luckily my friends
were there to jump in and work
on getting my quad out while I
was getting my hands and feet
taken care of. The feeling of
helplessness had already set in
by Monday at work and I was
beginning to believe that the
quad might be a total loss
because it just kept sinking, we
were out of options for
winching, the weather just kept
getting wetter and colder, and
we were unable to get a tractor
or truck within 150 feet of the
quad. Luckily my coworker opted
to bring his Jeep (which is
setup for playing in the mud)
down and work on getting it
out. That evening we all met up
and went out and worked again
and within an hour we had the
quad out and I was riding it
out. There was about $450.00
worth of damage to my quad,
which is a relief after I had
thought the worse for a few
days. Once all the work was
done, we were able to reflect on
everything and 2 of the guys who
were out there are going to buy
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We were all just
amazed at the work that we put
that winch through and it just
kept performing. The product
that you make is amazing and I
must say that if it weren’t for
the Gorilla
winch that I feel would have
lost my quad. As I struggle to
type all of this (my fingers are
still wrapped up) I have my quad
sitting in the garage on
jack-stands. I have so much
cleaning to do, but at least I
have it to work on. I must
thank my friends so much for all
the help and work to get the
quad out of the mess that
started out as a quick spin
around the lake bed.
Thank
you for such an incredible
product.
Paul M |
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"I
used my ATV Winch to Roof My House"
(December 2006)
Last
July, my dad and I re-shingled my
roof. My dad is 78, and is in great
health/shape for his age but isn't
quite the same as a 20 year old.
Neither am I, I have chronic lower
spine compression issues as well as
mid-spine problems. My knees are
shot too, I get along fine in life
but hauling shingles up the ladder
would finish me for weeks. I didn't
want my dad to go up & down the
ladder hauling shingles the hardest
way possible, I just wouldn't have
it. That job is out for me as well.
So... First I thought of renting a
shingle lift. But before I look for
the easy way out, I'll see if I can
figure out a solution using my brain
instead of money.
So... The contraption is basically
my home made winch pulley block
w/hook fastened to the top rung of
the ladder. The plywood you see on
the ladder has two snowmobile slides
screwed to the plywood, the open
'slots' of the sleds entrap the
outer edges of the ladder.
Because the winch would be used a
lot and drain the battery, I
connected a battery tender to the
ATV to prevent severe battery
discharge without having to run the
ATV engine. And to keep the winch
motor from overheating, I just did 5
or 6 pulls of 2 shingle bundles at a
time... Then let the winch rest &
cool as the Battery Tender kept the
charging process going. Look at the
home-made ball-bearing pulley block
on the front of the ATV pic. It was
attached to the top rung of the
ladder.
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"I
used my ATV Winch to Pull a
Building" (November 2006)
I put a 3000lb gorilla on my
rubicon, and put it through
several hard pulls over a one
month period. Then one day me
and a buddy were pulling a
storage building up onto a
trailer. (I know I know, bad
idea with atv
winches, haha) He had a
3000 warn on his rubicon. We
were both tied off to trucks,
and we both had snatch blocks in
our lines. I guess the building
got hung up on the trailer, and
as soon as both of our
winches
stalled, and the majority of the
weight was on the gorilla, it
stripped out all the gears. I
called gorilla and I had a brand
new winch
at my door in about a week. I
know warn wouldnt simply send
you a brand new
winch,
no questions asked. Thats why im
extremely happy with my gorilla
and I dont have any plans to buy
a "name brand" replacement.
Posted 10-29-06 Posted by
Tarheeltoolfan
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