my rope will come out fine but with the rock guard on the rope it gets hung up in there.. take off the guard and no problem, but then there is nothing to protect it from rocks or a sharp edge..

 

whats the rock guard.. are you talking about the sleeve that they call the "tree saver"?

 

i guess.. i've know of it as a rock guard.. but yes it is a small sleeve that goes over the rope to protect it from getting cut..

 

yea i would def. get the hauwse mount like in the pic i posted.. then you dont have to worry about what angle you are at... my rope is suppose to be 7700# test and it has held up to sum stuff.. i actually wish that sleeve was longer because i can tell there are some frays already... small trees dont always work for me.. i tend to bend them rite over.... lol

check this out.. these are the ones i found on ebay...

hawse fairlead, eBay Motors items on eBay.com

 

nice, but i have a sling that i put around the tree that has always worked good for me.. so i guess what i'm asking is how often do you use our sleeve to go over something sharp..

 

i use mine everything i wrap it around somthing... like i said i acutally wish it was longer...

i have only used it in mudding situations so its always either straight or heavy angle to pull myself out with no obsticals in the way.. but i use it everytime i go around a tree.. if you have somthing to go around it then i guess you could take it off.. thats all i use it for

 

its also nice just to have on there... becuase i dont have to mess around with getting anything else out... if i know im gonna be using my winch alot i just unwrap it alot and wrap it around my rack so i can quickly winch myself out

 

thanks for the help.. i see where you are coming from but i don't think i was mine enough to have it on there.. i think i might of used mine once since i put the rope on.. had it for awhile now.. thanks..

 

Clamp the end of the sleeve to the outer part of the cable just before the eye for your hook with a hose clamp. Should keep it from sliding and getting bound up.

 

I would definately get rid of the roller fairlead with the synthetic rope.