Hello All. Been a while since I posted, but you got to love the winch ones. I have a warn 8000M with no dual batteries. I have wicnched all day with it, granted with intervals of rest, and it only stopped once due to over heating (thanks to the built in thermo switch) and after a short rest period, worked fine. I like the ability to winch myself out of a failed water crossing if I have to, but if you going to be winching all day a hydraulic would be a better way to go.

PS - I almost always use a snatch block

PSPS - Before mounting mine I took it apart and sealed everything with that copper colored stuff.