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| Author: | Hood297 [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Synthetic winch line |
I am trying to acheive a lil more lift in the front and I'm doing so by loosing weight. Who has switched to synthetic? Wheres the best price/product? Is 5/16" big enough? How much could i fit on a Warn M8000 that has 100ft 5/16" wire rope? Will my standard roller fairlead work, or should I buy a new aluminum Hawse fairlead? |
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| Author: | tjkj2002 [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Synthetic winch line |
Hood297 wrote: I am trying to acheive a lil more lift in the front and I'm doing so by loosing weight. There are many choices for synthetic line,I went with the line made for my WARN XP9500,WARN makes it and is about $600 for 100' of 3/8" line.Others make ropes but I can't say on if they are any good or not,get at least 5/16",3/8" would be better.You can fit 100' of 5/16" or 80' of 3/8" on your winch.You can not use your roller fairlead unless you switch to the special rollers(ARB sells them,$$$$$) so you'll need a alloy hawse fairlead to prevent ruining your synthetic rope.
Who has switched to synthetic? Wheres the best price/product? Is 5/16" big enough? How much could i fit on a Warn M8000 that has 100ft 5/16" wire rope? Will my standard roller fairlead work, or should I buy a new aluminum Hawse fairlead? |
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| Author: | Hood297 [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:25 pm ] |
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600? ouch, another fine warn product. I as looking at some at www.winchline.com that was 173 with 10 ft. of chafe guard, and a spliced eye with hook. it was 5/16" 100'. |
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| Author: | AbsoluteRenegade [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:52 pm ] |
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I got some from an advertisement on winchdepot.com. I think it was 150 or so. I ended up finding the same stuff from a seller on ebay and sold mine for 300. I'm currently still using steel ha ha.. Oh well. |
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| Author: | JeepinMaxx [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:26 pm ] |
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We're running the Master Pull Superline. On the KJ - 100ft of the 5/16" line on SuperWinch X9000 - on the YJ 3/8" of 100ft on the same winch. Around $200 for 1ooft with hook. only weighs ~4lbs for 100ft with hook (~35-40 lbs for the same length with steel cable) http://www.masterpull.com/cpage.cfm?cpid=197 
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| Author: | tjkj2002 [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:31 pm ] |
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Hood297 wrote: 600? ouch, another fine warn product. I as looking at some at www.winchline.com that was 173 with 10 ft. of chafe guard, and a spliced eye with hook. it was 5/16" 100'. It is a very fine product,and the extra cost mostly comes from the first wrap(of the winch drum) is made out of a high heat/high strength synthetic rope then goes to a regular high strength rope to prevent the rope from melting from the extreme high heat the winch drum can put out during long pulls.
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| Author: | pixeldzn [ Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:46 pm ] |
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I have a very basic amsteel blue 80' rope that I bought on ebay. It's still name brand amsteel blue, but doesn't have any of the special first wrap, or a fancy rope guard, or a nice yellow hook. Instead it uses standard climbing rope sheath and the hook that came with my winch. The way I see it, if I winch once a month it's a lot, and never so long that my winch gets hot enough to melt the rope, so I am happy. I paid under $100. |
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