My truck, with me and my wife in it along with the cap is 6000 lbs according to the scales at the landfill. 6000 X 1.5= 9000 lbs. I'm looking at 9500 or 10,000 lb winches. That might be the minimum but I don't plan to bury my truck in mud like the photo of the Tacoma earlier. As said earlier the most I expect is to need some help on farm roads or if I slid into a ditch on a muddy or snow covered forest service road. Based on past experience I'm more likely to use it to pull someone else out of a bad spot than myself. While I can see the advantages of being able to mount it on the rear I think I'll be OK on the front. Plus I want to go with the hidden winch mounting to put it behind the bumper. I'm concerned a bigger 12K winch might be too big to work there.
I'll probably buy one this month or next. Will post photos and info here when I do.
