willys dave
Active member
I have an old Warn M15000 winch that I restored but, it needs a new motor. I ordered a Warn replacement from Summit about 5 weeks ago and it hasn't come in yet, it's expected the 18th but, it's the second time they have postponed the delivery. Anyway, I'm in no hurry for it but the delay caused me to start thinking that maybe the delay is because it's on a slow boat from China. It turns out that I was right, the Warn Winch motor is made in China. If I wanted Chinese, for the price of the motor, I could have gotten a Harbor Freight winch but, I didn't want to do that, I try to buy USA made products first. BTW, I could just buy another Chinese off brand motor for about 100 bucks. The only saving grace is that the Warn motor does come with a 7 year warrantee. So, what would you do ? Just get the Warn motor or, buy another off brand cheap Chinese motor or, maybe get the one I have now repaired locally ?