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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Quote Originally Posted by Darksith View Post
    couple thoughts...you drive a tacoma...maybe you should stick to the city...

    I have nylon on my suzuki vitara
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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Quote Originally Posted by MRP View Post
    A friend of mine has a wood lot, lots of winching. Says he’ll never go back the cable.

    Wire works rain or shine.
    Ever see a grapple yarder running plastic line?
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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Not trying to derail but has anyone ever seen wire rope spring back when it breaks? I've broke 1" winch lines on a dozer and never seen it spring back. Not saying it doesn't or couldn't happen I've just never seen it. Seen rope and chain spring though.

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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    I have been a volunteer at every island cup since 2011. These days, 99% of the rigs we have out run synthetic line. I've never seen it whip when it breaks....but I've never seen wire rope break at all, and we put winch lines through some heavy abuse.
    My rigs, I run steel. Synthetic gets dirt in it, and it chews away at the fibers of the line. You need a protective sleeve if it's dragging over a rock. It needs to be protected from UV. Synthetic is the right choice for a buggy where weight distribution is a big factor, and it will be parked in the shop or trailer when not in use.

    I've also seen just as much struggles freespooling a steel line after an ugly pull as I have with Synthetic lines. Harder to kink a Synthetic line too.
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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    The 12K # winch on my Dodge wears braided line - I appreciate the light weight when pulling the line out. I used the winch a fair bit because its a Dodge so I'm happy with the synthetic winch line.

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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Quote Originally Posted by Rieber View Post
    The 12K # winch on my Dodge wears braided line - I appreciate the light weight when pulling the line out. I used the winch a fair bit because its a Dodge so I'm happy with the synthetic winch line.
    Thats weird... my Dodge has never needed a winch?
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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Quote Originally Posted by Redthies View Post
    Thats weird... my Dodge has never needed a winch?
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    Question Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Quote Originally Posted by Darksith View Post
    couple thoughts...you drive a tacoma...maybe you should stick to the city...

    Wire wont break
    Nylon you can break but you can tie it back together
    I have broken nylon on an atv
    I have nylon on my suzuki vitara
    Nylon won't rust or jam

    I drive a Tacoma ,maybe I should "stick to the city"????

    You don't know me. I live in a small town, much smaller than Kamloops.I spend my hunting season hunting from my hunting cabin, 20km from pavement and 40km from the nearest town, which has a population of <4,000. I hunt by myself, my Tacoma gets me there and back, good enough for me.

    Maybe you should read Mathew7:1-3.

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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    Having worked my whole life on the water both commercial fishing and towing I've seen a lot of line break under extreme tension. I don't know what synthetic line you are using that snaps back. Spectra is one brand we used and I can attest that it does not store energy. It made fishing a much safer occupation. It's expensive and stronger than wire and sun is hard on it. It'll get roughed up and look like crap but always seemed to last a long time.

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    Re: Winch purchase'Wire cable or Nylon line

    synthetic is very good, but using on my snow plough set up last year the winch kept binding as the syn rope doesn't have the rigidity of steel cable, so was frequently knotting up.

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