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Im in the market for rope and Ive done a fair amount of searching but alot of posts are pretty old back when rope was pretty new to the market. Im sure there is alot more feedback with more people running rope now days so how about a latest and greatest ultimate rope thread.
here are some topics and questions Ive had while researching.
Im looking for experences with differnt brands, sizes, lengths on differnt winches etc. Im struggling with either 100' of 5/16s or 80ft of 3/8ths on a M8000.
There seems to be alot of confusion on the heat from the drum melting rope. there are companys offering "fire line" for the first wrap of the drum. worth the money? does it help?
Of course Ive heard of amsteel along with others like samson, viking, masterpull etc. I hear viking and amsteel are the same?
http://www.masterpull.com/index.cfm
http://www.amsteelblue.com/
distributors? prices service etc. right now Im looking at both rockstomper and northridge4x4.
http://www.rockstomper.com/
http://www.northridge4x4.com/
http://www.winchline.com/
hook/thimble offerings. seems there are alot of options here.
tube thimble $12.95
stainless thimble $5.95
safety thimble(to prevent going into the fairlead) $35.95
or if you like hooks
Of course everyone knows the rope does not like to be abused like wire rope but IMO the weight, saftey and wieght is a big plus.
And lastly fairlead options. Alum is the way to go with rope but Ive seen guys run rollers too if they are not nicked up. maybe some distributor options for these too, cost etc. Personaly I would just like a plain jane no engraved text on a fairlead.
here are some topics and questions Ive had while researching.
Im looking for experences with differnt brands, sizes, lengths on differnt winches etc. Im struggling with either 100' of 5/16s or 80ft of 3/8ths on a M8000.
There seems to be alot of confusion on the heat from the drum melting rope. there are companys offering "fire line" for the first wrap of the drum. worth the money? does it help?
Of course Ive heard of amsteel along with others like samson, viking, masterpull etc. I hear viking and amsteel are the same?
http://www.masterpull.com/index.cfm
http://www.amsteelblue.com/
distributors? prices service etc. right now Im looking at both rockstomper and northridge4x4.
http://www.rockstomper.com/
http://www.northridge4x4.com/
http://www.winchline.com/
hook/thimble offerings. seems there are alot of options here.
tube thimble $12.95

stainless thimble $5.95

safety thimble(to prevent going into the fairlead) $35.95

or if you like hooks


Of course everyone knows the rope does not like to be abused like wire rope but IMO the weight, saftey and wieght is a big plus.
And lastly fairlead options. Alum is the way to go with rope but Ive seen guys run rollers too if they are not nicked up. maybe some distributor options for these too, cost etc. Personaly I would just like a plain jane no engraved text on a fairlead.
