I've had a desire to mount a winch on the front of our 2011 Silverado since the day I drove it home .... historically (meaning well over 20 years ago) I used Warn winches .... all of which performed well .... this time I'm strongly considering the purchase of a Harbor Freight APEX 22,000 lb Winch .... OK, getting some of the shock out of the way, 12000 lb Warn winches with the same features of a Badland cost in the neighborhood of $2,000 and Warn can no longer advertise as being Made In America .... the top of the line Badland 12000 lb winch sells for less than $500 ....as an eye opener, check out the pages of YouTube videos showing The Harbor Freight APEX 12,000 lb Winch where it has an unbelievable number of glowing reviews .... the reality is, while some things made over there are cheap (at best), not everything made in China is Junk .... as but one example: I recently learned that the small engines used by Toyota and most other Japanese car manufactures are made in China ....in the YouTube videos mentioned above, one can watch them pulling a wide range of heavy loads under a wide range of circumstances .... several of the most successful towing companies that rescue vehicles from the sands of Zion and a host of other wilderness areas in Utah and other surrounding states .... they put all of their recovery equipment through much heavier duty use than I every will .... I believe that Ramsey winches are still made in the USA .... their 12000 lb line sells for something under $2000 .... with its lifetime warranty, if I needed a winch for heavy, steady use, I'd most likely buy a Ramsey .... if I do purchase a winch for our pickup (shown below), I like the looks of the Rough Country Hidden Winch Mounting Plate shown at this link ===> https://www.roughcountry.com/media/c...-installed.jpg .... its reasonably priced and has a good reputation .... I don't know that I'll ever follow through with purchasing another winch but I still very much thinking about it
