Tirfor Hand Winch

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This link some instructions off the Land Rover club site might help.

Banjo (WA)

No worries, come on over to my place and I will show you.

Where are you??

Davoe
Having seen two cables break on 4wd's over the years I must say they didn't drop to the ground. The first one leveled 1/2 a dozen sheoaks about 50mm in dia, then whipped around in an arc flaying two people with the broken end before it fell to the ground. One bloke lost a drizabone and the other had the back of his hand flayed to the bones. not pretty.
the second cable whipped back with a snatch block and trashed the front of a 60 series enough that it had to be towed, couldn't be driven due to the front end and engine damage.

I agree, wire or any metal will stretch and recover untill it reaches its yeild point where it will stay stretched. Go a little way past that and the stuff will break.

My experence is with control cable 1/8" to 5/35" in diameter and when that lets go it can make a mess.
Same with fencing wire. I have seen that whip and mow down grass and scar trees like a 20ft whipper snipper.

Why even take the risk of using wire rope when you can use synthetic that doesn't recoil at all?? Amsteel Blue can be bought cheaper than a replacement wire rope if bought from the USA. In addion, if your wire rope is new ie. off a recently installed winch you will be able to sell it for more than the cost of buying the synthetic. No burs, no weight issues, no kinks, much stronger and safer. Yes, you can't abuse it, but then again, you can't abuse wire rope either. The only downside is abrasion - but they come with a 10 foot abrasion sheath that just winds onto the drum.

It's a bit hard to run synthetic rope through a Tirfor though.