88Silverado
1/2 ton status
Im just curious to see if anyone has actually snapped their 3/8 steel winch cable and how much of a bear is it to un-spool and drag uphill.
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Has anyone "Broke" 3/8 wire winch cable ?
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sandawgk5
3/4 ton status
88Silverado said:
Never broke it but I ****ed up spooling it and sucked it down in a gap which casued it too birdcage and got all kinked up. It is pretty heavy but not bad. I currently run 125 ft of 3/8 amsteel blue.
Dik
I have seen them break, but it was from years of abuse & it having a bad kink.
Rope is very expensive, but money well spent. It is much lighter, easier to drag up hill, it floats, & it will not kill you when it breaks.
Rope is very expensive, but money well spent. It is much lighter, easier to drag up hill, it floats, & it will not kill you when it breaks.
I have not seen one break either.. other than on the TTC videos...
I have 90' of 7/16 cable... wonder how hard is that to break!!!
I have 90' of 7/16 cable... wonder how hard is that to break!!!
original balzer
1/2 ton status
Years ago I drove a winch truck with 2 winches 1 was a 40k pto with 3/4" cable the other was a hydro milemarker 10k(i think) with 3/8 and one day while trying to unstuck a road grader I snaped the 3/8 then come to find out the guy had wraped the 3/4 around the 3/8 so the big winch was pulling sideways on the 3/8. Damn thats hard to explain without visuals.
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