Gearmaster winch for 420

[bulldozerman]

How well does the winch work, if i was to get my dozer stuck, would it pull it out? Or is more for show than function.

[Lavoy]

The winch is rated at 9,250 pounds pull at full throttle and first wrap on the drum. Let me tell you, that is the most PESSIMISTIC rating I have ever seen. I tried pulling and or pushing the carcass of a 1010 crawler the other day with a 5 roller 420, 62 blade, and a Gearmatic 8G on the back. I would spin out pushing or pulling, so I hooked the cable of the winch to it. I spooled out about 50 feet of cable and enganged the winch. Ever seen a big ugly 7000lb yellow boat anchoe on the end of a 1/2" cable before? Needless to say, at about 4 wraps, and 1/3 throttle, the 1010 went exaclty where it was told to go whether it liked it or not. If the engine would keep running, you could hang the crawler like a Christmas tree ornament with the winch.
Lavoy