my only reservations about a hydraulic winch is if the engine is stalled it is worthless, no? the engine has to be running. so if you are under water as you said, the Xterra engine would most likely conk out, leaving you in the lurch. but i could be mistaken about that.

other than that, i agree with you. i didn't feel like splcing into anything to drive the hydraulics though. so for the moment i am going electric.



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Synchro (aka Kirk)
2000 Xterra SE, Alpine Green, 4x4, ARB, 32" BFG MTs
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