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firehawk
03-20-2009, 09:55 PM
As soon as I can afford it I want to replace the winch cable on the winch I'm getting with a synthetic winch rope. I'm wondering how much of a weight savings it will be. The shipping weight of the winch is 86lbs. I'm sure ALOT of it is the cable itself. The winch comes with about 90' of 5/16" cable.

Weight is one of the reasons I went with the Backbone over a bumper and I'd like to keep the setup as light as possible.
DETOURS
03-21-2009, 09:04 PM
I'd do it sooner than later, while your steel cable is 'NEW' and 'UNSTRETCHED' which gives it decent resale on forums or ebay.....consider once sold, it can pay for 1/3-1/2 of the cost of your rope, and you'll save a few pounds at the same time!!
firehawk
03-21-2009, 09:07 PM
I'll get it as soon as I can. This twisted guy in Kentucky took all my money.:D
DETOURS
03-21-2009, 09:11 PM
YOU NEED A RAISE!!! (if thats the case)
firehawk
03-21-2009, 09:23 PM
It's all good, I'm waiting for :pee:Obama's handout.:sign0095:
muddeprived
03-30-2009, 06:14 AM
Shoot, I'm trying to find that article i read about two years ago over on JF. It was talkin about how much each weighs. I THINK it said the cable weight 16-20 lbs and synthetic was 2-4 lbs. Big difference in handling it but for a vehicle, it's a very minor difference.
Mudderoy
03-30-2009, 09:10 AM
The fairlead has to be changed if you go from steel to synthetic?
muddeprived
03-30-2009, 09:15 AM
The fairlead has to be changed if you go from steel to synthetic?

Yup. The steel roller can damage the rope.

http://www.4wd.com/productdetails.aspx?partID=43203

http://www.4wd.com/productdetails.aspx?partID=42241
Mudderoy
03-30-2009, 09:23 AM
I like that first one, looks cleaner.

I'm staying with steel. I may change my mind in the future, rust for example, but right now I'm going to stay with the tried and true.
firehawk
03-30-2009, 03:30 PM
Hummm... guess going to synthetic rope dosen't save all that much weight. It was just one of the reasons I want to got to synthetic. Easier handling, and getting rid of that damn HUGE roller fairlead is the other reasons.

Time to save some cash...again!:D
muddeprived
03-30-2009, 04:00 PM
Hummm... guess going to synthetic rope dosen't save all that much weight. It was just one of the reasons I want to got to synthetic. Easier handling, and getting rid of that damn HUGE roller fairlead is the other reasons.

Time to save some cash...again!:D

You can still run a hawse fairlead with the steel cable if you want. Rollers are nice but not required.

I personally dislike the rollers and ran the hawse with steel:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e73/muddeprived/bumper.jpg