Warn Winch Synthetic Rope vrs Wire Rope

[taalow]

I think you'd be looking at 50' of rope.....3/16" Thick...3000# Capacity.

I agree too, will works well on a 2500 lbs winch.

 

[Transporter]

ok so where in Alberta is best place to get the rope?

 

[mudd]

Try Atlas Ropes Inc in Edmonton. I hear they carry synthetic winchlines.

 

[Mongrol]

I've been running the rope since 04. Love it. Yes it wears and frays if you wrap it around things. I've had one snap a couple of years ago....tied a knot in it....kept running it. Can't do that with cable. Also, lose the roller fairleads. All the rope suppliers suggest smooth fairleads. I resisted (like most of you probably) thinking it will be fine with the roller....it won't. If the fairlead is NEW you'll likely be OK. The problem is using a fairlead that was used with cable in the mud for a decent period of time. The rollers get rough spots and burrs on them....not good for the rope. That, coupled with the inevitability that the rollers will eventually sieze solid with mud will cut up your fancy rope. There are nice machined aluminum ones available....pricey...and a cool plastic one I found on E-bay....cheap...that work great.

If the rope is that sensitve to a burred fairlead, how good & tough can they be ?