Even if you’re an off-road enthusiast with tons of back country experience…in and out of ditches…you may not give much thought to how your winch works. You just want to know it does when it counts. Grab the hook, stretch the cable, wrap a tree, and pull your 4X4 out of the hole. Still; it’s [...]

Even in this day and age it’s great to hear or tell a story about an American idea that turned into a wonderful success. This was the case with Ramsey Winch Company. Just like an old movie; the story begins with a couple of brothers, and it grows from their determination to pursue the American [...]

Let’s face it…when you purchase a vehicle for “off-road” adventures, you’re looking for durability, power, dependability, and most of all fun. You visit the dealer, look ‘em over, see the fat tires, the cool lift kits, the extra fog lamps, and so on. You’re sold. You picture yourself on the narrow trails up in the [...]

Forestry work often presents serious logistical challenges. While many people picture an idyllic fantasy of workers heading off into the woods to chop at trees with axes or fell them with chainsaws, the reality is that working in the logging business means dealing with heavy equipment over uneven terrain that is often clogged with mud, [...]

On the surface it would seem like choosing an electric winch motor would just be a  matter of reading the spec sheet. “Hmm…let’s see…my Jeep is about 4800 pounds, and this one says it’ll pull 4800 pounds.” So, it must be the one. Right? Wrong.

A spec sheet for a Warn.
The rule of thumb is that [...]

ARB: Starting in the Outback
Wherever your “outback” might be; whether it’s the miles of off-road trails in the Rocky Mountains, the dusty back roads of the Mojave Desert, or the famous Australian  outback, you may recognize the name ARB.
In fact ARB began around 1975 in the remote region of Australia’s Top End. This huge area, [...]

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