best score to date for me!

[obijuan]

spent about 150 bucks on the tires i traded for this! the cable was not up to my spec but was still ok. where can i get a nice non synth cable?

oh its a warn XD9000 im pretty stoked! it fits between the frame rails which is NICE cause i really like my bumper, gotta figure out the mount for it and keeping the bumper.

 

[4X4HIGH]

That's the same winch i have.

 

[obijuan]

how do you like it? ive never seen one of these before, id like to get a good idea of the thing before i use it. ive been checkin out the exploded diagrams on the warn site. pretty cool setup.

Scott, do you have a gallery where i could see some pics of the winch?

 

[4X4HIGH]

I don't have any pics of it. I've only had to use it once (on someone else) it worked flawlessly.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I would highly recommend rope over cable but if you don't want to spend the money on synthetic then recovery gear has cheap cable (I've never used them, so I don't know much about them).

 

[blazin' j]

id go with the syn rope as well...its roughly 10-20% stronger than wire n ALOT safer...jus save ur money and get syn rope...my winch has 5/16th cable and is rated for 17,500lbs, whereas the same size rope is good for 21,500lbs...more like 40% stronger...jus my .02

 

[obijuan]

well i read that the synthetic cable can melt with the heat of the winch motor, how do yall more experienced guys feel about that. i dont mind the price of the synth really, i just want to be sure and have a long life out of it.

 

[blazin' j]

sorry bout the misprint in my thread...I've got 7/16th cable...wire cable is good for 17,600 and syn rope is good up to 40,000lbs(masterpull superline)
they come with a 10' heat resistant cover for the 1st layer of the drum...I've read nothing but good things about syn rope

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

well i read that the synthetic cable can melt with the heat of the winch motor, how do yall more experienced guys feel about that. i dont mind the price of the synth really, i just want to be sure and have a long life out of it.

My winch is an 8274, it doesn't build any heat at the drum like planetary winches so I haven't had any issues with melting the rope.

If you let your winch get hot enough to melt rope you are seriously overusing your winch.

 

[Dafey]

but if you don't want to spend the money on synthetic then recovery gear has cheap cable

WOW they ARE cheap on stuff!!

 

[buefchris]

If you let your winch get hot enough to melt rope you are seriously overusing your winch.[/quote] My thoughts exactly