How long have you had your winch bar?

I got this bar when my original broke. Didn’t have it even a year and it broke like this. Talk about just about hurting myself badly…
No warning, just BANG!
I tell my boys, always keep your feet under you, and your head clear off everything when you’re winching down. Saved my bacon, because I ended up on my hands and knees.

 

After breaking the el cheapo bar, and welding my original bar once, I did this. It held for a little over a year until it started cracking above the welds.
I gave up at that point and bought an Ergo bar. A little over two years on it at this point.

 

Just not made like they used to be.

 

My old one is 25 years old and my new one is 20. The 20 year old one has the end for the snaps but I got rid of them and only carry 2 now. I use ratchets and finally swapped them out for the folding handle ratchets, rack enclosure is so much neater now.

 

That guy's been cracked for a bit before it let go.

 

Not a winch bar, but I welded my pry/binder bar out of 2inch schedule 80 pipe back in 1978. 41 inches long. The bar is now retired just like me

 

Yes, after it broke the preliminary crack was evident.