Winch rope
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 28, 2002 at 00:00
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John
Has anyone had any experience with the non wire winch rope.
I have started to see quite a lot of it on the front of 4x4's lately, and I must say the thought of getting away from the wire splinters sounds like a great idea.
What is the breaking strain?.....I have a Warn M12000, do they make the stuff highly enough rated to take full advantage of my winch?
Who supplies the stuff?
Cheers
John
Reply By: troy - Thursday, Aug 29, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Aug 29, 2002 at 00:00
John, I am not sure i agree with the above posting. In time we will find out if any of this "Plasma Rope" supplied by Janrek Pty Ltd (see 4wd monthly advert) has a problem with sticking to drums. I havnt heard of it happening yet.
The big advantages of the Plasma rope is that it doesnt splinter as you say, it has no memory (so you can kink it as much as you want, cross it on the drum etc) and also doesnt whip when it snaps - it just falls to the ground - so stand as close to it as you want ! no need to "clear - winching..."
I know it is more effective on a high mount - perhaps for that heating reason, but there are plenty of low mounts with it on too. Practically ALL winch challenge and Outback challenge competitors use it, so it cant be that bad !
Best to
check breaking strains with Janrek.
Have fun !
Troy.
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