Hi there Phil

what do you have? (specific model number too if you know it)
I am running a PTO. Dun mean to make anyone turn green or red.

how does it fit? (and I guess I should ask how heavy it is?)
Like a gem.

how does it operate under heavy usage (ie increase ps fluid usage, run battery down, etc.)
It has never died on me. THe whole group of us uses it for tree trunks, boulders, bogged vehicles, tricky trecherous slopes, anywhere, anyyhing as long as the engine doesn't die.

How durable is it?
Longest lasting unit in the group was since 1983 and still going. From then on, it's just constant greasing, transfer box oil change and shaft pin changes when it breaks.

Would you recommend buying brand X?
It's the original and there are many PTO winches here but not so many for the petrol fitment. Most of the time, you will need half a diesel transfer box to match the PTO attachment.

You wanna put it on your wish list and I try to source for one for you for the petrol version? I need help with tracking a Starion transplant engine with full harness and sensors as well as the manifold.