Bulldog Winch!!!

[Mr. T]

Bulldog is a new company with great winches and a great price!!! Very top notch service!!! Bulldogwinch.com

[Hill, Bill E]

http://www.bulldogwinch.com/index.html

Looks like they have some nice stuff, but no prices listed.

Have you tried one of thier winches yet? I've found that a higher price doesn't always mean a better winch. I'm interested in what people who've used one think about it.

[Mr. T]

a couple of the guys in our club have and they say they are great! Also there was a review done by www.moabjeeper.com a few months ago. Everyone that has called on them has received great service from what I hear. There should be dealer locater on their site as well.

[Mr. T]

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BULLDOG 9500
Article written by Sheila and Andy Klemme

Date Added: 05/12/2007


Not everybody has the need for a thousand dollar winch.

With that in mind, Bulldog has stepped up to the plate with its 9500lb offering. This is a no-frills winch designed to do one thing… pull.


Installation
1. Mount the fairlead to the winch plate.


2. Connect the two black cables to the open terminal on the bottom of the winch motor


3. Mount the winch to the winch plate.


4. Pull the wire rope through the fairlead and attach the clevis hook.


5. Attach winch and winch plate to vehicle.


6. Connect the power and ground leads to the vehicle battery.


7. Plug in the remote and give it a try.



Installation Issues
The winch plate from Bulldog did not have the space necessary for the winch to clear the fairlead mounting bolts. We found it necessary to use a different winch plate.
The installation instructions are somewhat lacking. They seem to be out of order calling for installing winch plate on the vehicle prior to mounting the winch. They also instruct the installer to mount the winch on the mount plate twice * once before installing the fairlead and once after. Furthermore, they do not mention connecting the ground cables to the bottom of the winch motor until after the winch is mounted to the plate.

We informed Bulldog about the problems that we had with the winch plate, and they are in the process of redesigning it. Until that time we suggest using a winch plate from a different manufacturer.

We also suggest that Bulldog update their installation instructions to make it easier for the installer.


Final Thoughts
Following the instructions we supplied above, this winch is easy to install. Bulldog has excellent customer service and responded promptly to our issues. If they update their winch plate and instruction manual, they could make this a top-notch customer experience.

Purchase / Vendor Info

Vendor Name: Bulldog Winch Co.
Address: 1725 W. Williams Dr. Ste 46
Phoenix, AZ 85027-1344
Phone: 623-581-0121
E-Mail Address: customer@bulldogwinch.com
Website: http://www.bulldogwinch.com

[BUCKEYEJEEPER]

Did you read the winch shootout artical in your moab link?







Bulldog: This entry showed up at 9 p.m. the night before, really. Bulldog was straightforward and told us “we’re new and would like to run Winches In Hell just to see how we do.” We quickly rustled up another Jeep, mounted the winch that night by the light of the other Jeeps, and worked it into our testing. Try as it may, the legs of the Bulldog just couldn’t keep up with the big dogs and its day ended with a strong whiff of ozone. Bulldog’s DNF came when the motor finally gave up on the first pull of Hells Gate.