Has anyone bought/tried the new syn. winch rope? My cable is starting to show a little wear-a couple of small kinks, etc., and I am considering "the rope". Also, do you have to use a hawse fairlead, or will a roller work? Thanks.

 

Hey there, I love the syn rope on my winch. For mine I use the hawse fairlead and the "rope" has held up great so far. And I use my winch pretty much all the time. Lately I've been moving gravel with my blade so it's been up and down a lot lately. Plus I've been getitng rid of some trouble some trees and the "rope" has pulled a lot of trees over after having them cut through the majority of the way. I really like the "rope", a lot better the the steel cable as I was tired of slicing my hand up when I wouldn't notice a stray band sticking out. If you do get it I think you'll be quite pleased with it's performance.

 

Thanks for the info. We are going to H/M in Oct. and I think the rope will be on my winch when we head out.

 

When I bought my warn winch I thought I read that you had to use an aluminum hawse fairlead and that the rope wasn't for actual winching. I thought it said for the bucket or the plow only.

I was looking at something different than the rope you guys are talking about. I may look into the rope myself.

 

I use the Amsteel-Blue winch cable. It has a much higher breaking strength of 5400lbs for a 3/16" where a 3/16" for a steel cable is 4200lbs. Warn does recommend not using a Kevlar rope on a winch. Their winches utilizes a brake located inside the drum. This brake generates heat and the Kevlar rope cannot help to dissipate the heat where a tradational steel cable will. So the heat it generates could critically damage the rope. The Amsteel rope I use is made from HMPE (High Modulus Polyethylene) which I do not think is a Kevlar material.

 

A buddy of mine is into rock crawling with his Jeep. He uses a syn cable, although it's huge, he hasn't had any failure(s). I saw the syn. cable in one of the ATV mags, and got to thinking about replacing my wire. The 4WD mag.s seem to be united w/ praise. I was just wondering about performance w/ ATV's. I've also heard that when/if failure does occur, there is no "whiplash" effect. The "rope" drops straight down. THis struck me as odd, because I've seem/been party to ski ropes snapping and whipping over the front of the boat. But, I guess different construction(s) has a different result. Where'd you get that Amsteel cable?

 

I bought mine off of eBay as I got it cheaper off of eBay at that point in time now the price is pretty close. I found a good place www.okoffroad.com where they have it for 3/16"x50' with shipping and all for $47.95 plus they have the aluminum hawse fairlead for $58.90 for shipping. I got my hawse from them and it's been great.

 

Why do they use a hawse fairlead instead of a roller ?? I realize that a new roller would have to be used when switching to the rope and I would think a roller would be better no matter what you use. Anyone know why they don't reccomend a roller ??

 

My only guess at that would be the rollers are made of iron and thus tend to have some roughness to them where the aluminum hawses are extemely smooth. Also I think with the rollers it would be possible on an exteme angle pull that maybe the rope would slip between the rollers and possibly cut the rope causing injury or worse. But again that's just my guess as I've done some searches and not found much else of an answer.

 

I agree w/ Thunder. A roller is a roller. I don't think my R/f is made from Iron. It appears to be stainless tubing. What's the deal w/ this? An aluminum H/f would be a weight savings, but...............