In preparation for the CO trip I have been researching buying a winch. With there seemingly impossibly low price I was attracted to the Mile Marker brand E winches. A 12K lb winch for $600 shipped! I did a search here to see if there was some info on them. The first thing I noticed was everyone recommended Warn. There were very few people that had any first hand experience with the MM's. One recommendation was to stay away from the MM because of their 2 year warranty as opposed to the Warn's lifetime.
I e-mail MM and asked them where the E winches are made. It turns out their impossibly low price is directly related to the fact they are made in China. Too many people that may not mean much, but to me it means a lot. First of all though Chinese quality has been steadily increasing there is no doubt that most items coming out of China are of inferior quality.
I thought I would mention the country of origin because the threads I read didn't. I think it is a very important consideration and gives a direct indication of quality and MM's commitment to American Manufacturing.
HTH,
B-loose
I e-mail MM and asked them where the E winches are made. It turns out their impossibly low price is directly related to the fact they are made in China. Too many people that may not mean much, but to me it means a lot. First of all though Chinese quality has been steadily increasing there is no doubt that most items coming out of China are of inferior quality.
I thought I would mention the country of origin because the threads I read didn't. I think it is a very important consideration and gives a direct indication of quality and MM's commitment to American Manufacturing.
HTH,
B-loose