I too have the Badlands 12000lb winch, on my 86 M1009. It didn't miss a beat high in the Rockies outside Rifle, Colorado on our annual Elk hunting trip in early November. It is slow but.. it pulled my fully loaded truck pulling a M101A3 trailer with my old Yamaha Grizzly 600 ATV in it. Straight up steep grades without a snatch block. There is also a 37" spare tire mounted to the front of the A3 and I had several hundred pounds of split hardwood on-board for the stove in our wall tent. This winch did not fail after repeated runs. By the way.. here's a tip, do not try to use 37" OZ's on deep, rutted, muddy,snowy, mountain trails. They were almost useless, had to go to town and buy some Leclede tire chains from the Napa store in Rifle. Chains installed.. problem solved. I have the winch mounted between the frame rails with a customized HF winch plate and fairlead coming through the cutout factory bumper. I don't know how much this rig weighs but, the Badlands performed flawlessly for me when I put my self in a bad spot by not bringing chains. BTW the '09 has a full structural, custom, front to rear roll cage and HMMWV high back seat upgrade (just sayin'...this rig is heavy!). Thanks for reading, BUY THE WINCH!!