Smittybilt XRC GEN2 Recovery Winches

I used it to pull my kubota L3000DT 4x4 tractor with a backhoe which I had a blown hydraulic line buried to its belly tied my truck off to a tree it snatched the tractor out without any strain!!!!!

i installed this on my 08 Jeep Wrangler and pulled out a full size dodge pickup buried in 2 feet of thick mud with no snatch block. it took a bit cause it sucked my battery life but i loved it! more than impressed!

Great winch for the money. I highly recommend it.

Easy set up, clean, plenty power.

well its saved me a few times been real happy so far. the only problem so far is the cover for the remote plug needs to be more waterproof. the pins corroded on mine and one broke off but I contacted smittybilt on Monday and they sent me a new one on thursday

The fit and finish is superb. I tested it out the first day and it dragged my Jeep across the dirt, no problem. For the price, I don't think you'll find a better winch.

I have had many winches in the past. Figured I would update to the new 9500 gen 2. That's was bad idea on my part. I am now going on my 4th winch in since September. The first winch the ground bolt came off as I was removing the nut with my fingers. The second winch on the first use. I went to use it to recover a friend and had no connection to the controls. When looking at the pins I found that two of the pins had pushed their way flat to the housing so they cannot make contact with the controller. The third winch on first use I used it to move a tree that's was in the trail worked beautifully.... 10 min later it really failed me. Out on a right ride and found my self stuck in a freshly plowed field. Got out to connect the controller to find again no power.. Standing in a foot of mud at night I immediately looked to see if the pins were clean... The pins were clean but again 2 pins pushed down to the bottom of the housing.. Left me again with no power... Unuseable! It's unexceptable for smittybilt to put this kind of junk out to market.. It's made for looks not use... I will be returning this on again! Don't waste your time.. The one time out of three winches I got to use it it pulled ok...

I had a smittybilt xrc8 previously and was a great winch, only had one minor issue with it. But I wanted to upgrade to the gen2 for more pulling power and the waterproof qualities because I spend a lot of time in water. So far so good on the new xrc9.5, it works very well, quicker line retrieval, more power, very reliable, and you can't beat the price.

Works like advertised. No issues

Great product for a great price,easy installation,easy to use!!!!