See my posts in Kern Dogs other winch thread, #35, 41, and others. (Let's hear your suggestions for a winch for a car trailer)
I'm proba;ly gonna buy a Warn american made M8000 from Advance/car quest for a bit under $700 (jegs wants over $1200 for the same part#).
Warn also sells Chinese winches, for about half that.
Then I can throw away my third or fourth dead or dying HF winch.