Anchor Winch Suggestions

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by rb85 » Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:54 pm

barra mick wrote:I have a lonestar winch

It was easy to put in and its been fantastic

It has a remote so I can use it when im on the beach,/land and the boats in the water

Bm
Has the controversy behind the independent assessment of winches commissioned by Lonestar died down. Heard it reached a point of physical confrontations.

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by barra mick » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:17 am

rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:I have a lonestar winch

It was easy to put in and its been fantastic

It has a remote so I can use it when im on the beach,/land and the boats in the water

Bm
Has the controversy behind the independent assessment of winches commissioned by Lonestar died down. Heard it reached a point of physical confrontations.
I dont know anything about it??

What was it ?

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by barra mick » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:19 am

Texas wrote:
barra mick wrote:
Texas wrote:Take a good deckie out with you
They'll do the anchor for you

Gra
not easy to find
Couple of good ones on this forum
I know of a really good one, but, she only works on one boat.
You may know her ??

Gra
yes she come fishing with me.....miss tuna tube

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by rb85 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:10 am

barra mick wrote:
rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:I have a lonestar winch

It was easy to put in and its been fantastic

It has a remote so I can use it when im on the beach,/land and the boats in the water

Bm
Has the controversy behind the independent assessment of winches commissioned by Lonestar died down. Heard it reached a point of physical confrontations.
I dont know anything about it??

What was it ?
Apparently the Texan who manufactures lone star winches was verbally abuses at the boat show the verbal confrontation became physical. All over the independent winch test lone star commissioned.

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by barra mick » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:38 am

rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:
rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:I have a lonestar winch

It was easy to put in and its been fantastic

It has a remote so I can use it when im on the beach,/land and the boats in the water

Bm
Has the controversy behind the independent assessment of winches commissioned by Lonestar died down. Heard it reached a point of physical confrontations.
I dont know anything about it??

What was it ?
Apparently the Texan who manufactures lone star winches was verbally abuses at the boat show the verbal confrontation became physical. All over the independent winch test lone star commissioned.
what over ? How good they work?

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by frozenpod » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:51 am

Sounds like it was getting out of hand.

The test parameters certainly showed the positives of the lone star.

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by Mattblack » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:00 am

barra mick wrote:
rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:
rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:I have a lonestar winch

It was easy to put in and its been fantastic

It has a remote so I can use it when im on the beach,/land and the boats in the water

Bm
Has the controversy behind the independent assessment of winches commissioned by Lonestar died down. Heard it reached a point of physical confrontations.
I dont know anything about it??

What was it ?
Apparently the Texan who manufactures lone star winches was verbally abuses at the boat show the verbal confrontation became physical. All over the independent winch test lone star commissioned.
what over ? How good they work?
...or their customer service (Malki is really quick at getting back to you with friendly advice)

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by rb85 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:17 pm

Mattblack wrote:
barra mick wrote:
rb85 wrote:
barra mick wrote:
rb85 wrote:
Has the controversy behind the independent assessment of winches commissioned by Lonestar died down. Heard it reached a point of physical confrontations.
I dont know anything about it??

What was it ?
Apparently the Texan who manufactures lone star winches was verbally abuses at the boat show the verbal confrontation became physical. All over the independent winch test lone star commissioned.
what over ? How good they work?
...or their customer service (Malki is really quick at getting back to you with friendly advice)
It may have contributed I don't know.

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by barra mick » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:01 pm

Nothing like the tall poppy sydrome

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Re: Anchor Winch Suggestions

Post by rb85 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:16 pm

barra mick wrote:Nothing like the tall poppy sydrome
Think the competition wasn't thrilled about the results.
But it wasn't a matter of tall poppy syndrome.

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