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Post by grizzlyadams on Nov 6, 2013 8:03:31 GMT -6
I have Warns on all my stuff. That is the only brand I have ever used. I have an XD900i on the Jeep and. M12,000 on the Dmax. You can't go wrong with a Warn. If budget is tight then buy a used one. Why are you sold on the synthetic line? I personally love steel cables, but always like to hear others opinions as to why they like synthetic.  I'm with Grizz... I'm old school and like the wire line myself.. I've ran a few synthetics for other people and always worried about getting the line in the rocks and such... Wire just works... :goodposting: |
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Post by atx780 on Nov 6, 2013 16:21:05 GMT -6
wire is more durable for sure... HOWEVER, I have seen, in person, a steel cable break on a pull, a d-ring break on a cable pull, and I've also seen synthetic lines break on a pull. Let me go on record to say that I don't ever ever again want to be anywhere near a cable break if I can help it. I've seen em where they just fall down and I've also seen em where they act like a slingshot or a whip when they break. That shit scared me. For that reason alone, I'll only ever run synthetic line. If it breaks, it just falls... always. Plus, if synthetic breaks, you can just tie a knot in it and keep going - get yourself off the trail. If your cable breaks, well... typically you'll have to wait for someone else to come get you. Synthetic also weighs less... a lot less. Downsides to synthetic lines - 1) costs more - get the good stuff 2) frays easily on the rocks 3) needs to be periodically cleaned Take from this, what you will... if I can help it, I'll never run a steel cable ropewww.liveleak.com/view?i=aba_1232605716 |
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Post by grizzlyadams on Nov 6, 2013 16:54:15 GMT -6
I will agree for the most part. The one thing I will say is that if you know anything about steel cable you can repair it on the trail easily and get back going. Braided cable can be spliced together and looped very easily. When you knot a synthetic line you significantly reduce its ability to hold its rated load. One other thing also is UV breaks down a synthetic lines pretty quickly. So if you don't run a winch cover you can bet it will need to be replaced fairly often. Take care of a wire line and it will last for years. I am still running the original cable on my XD900i that I bought new in 1996! But that is a book for another day! |
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Post by RESCUERODNEY on Nov 6, 2013 17:05:58 GMT -6
I will agree for the most part. The one thing I will say is that if you know anything about steel cable you can repair it on the trail easily and get back going. Braided cable can be spliced together and looped very easily. When you knot a synthetic line you significantly reduce its ability to hold its rated load. One other thing also is UV breaks down a synthetic lines pretty quickly. So if you don't run a winch cover you can bet it will need to be replaced fairly often. Take care of a wire line and it will last for years. I am still running the original cable on my XD900i that I bought new in 1996! But that is a book for another day! Damn that is when Russell was born!! |
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Post by grizzlyadams on Nov 6, 2013 18:48:01 GMT -6
And according to when I got my winch and cable in June of 1996 that means it is actually older than Russell!!  |
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Just remember...we give them back in 10 months 
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Just remember...we give them back in 10 months 
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