Time for fresh winch rope

Jody Treadway

Jody Treadway

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I've pulled @Stuntman Autoworks and @ghost so much, I'm due for fresh rope on my truck.
It's been years since I've bought any.
What's the current hot poop for a synthetic winch rope? I want one of those cool self locking hooks and prefer a color.
Current one is a Rough Country if memory serves and it's been fine.
Thanks yinz.
 
My last rope was an amazon special. For the record I think you pulled me once…
 
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This looks good sitting on mine in my garage
 
I have a custom splice blems on the toyota and jeep and amazon specials (1/2" on Excursion winch and 3/8" on trailer winch) on the other two winches. I've pulled the excursion out twice with the amazon winch with no issues. I also would second the Harbor Freight recommendation, that's what I was going to run on the Excursion, but second guessed a 3/8" line and went with the 1/2" instead.

1/2" rope

3/8" rope
 
jeepinmatt said:
Bought some of this for my 8274 and it looks good on the workbench. Can't beat the price though.
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XBULL 3/8"x100 Synthetic Winch Cable Rope Recovery 4WD With Hook 13000-23000lbs | eBay

The warranty is considered void if the item has been modified, altered or tampered with by a person (or persons) not authorised by X-BULL to provide service (not including standard periodic maintenance).
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I got an x bull winch, looks legit, but the eyelet on the harbor freight looks more solid and that’s usually the failure point unless the rope has abrasion
 
Jody Treadway said:
I've pulled @Stuntman Autoworks and @ghost so much, I'm due for fresh rope on my truck.
It's been years since I've bought any.
What's the current hot poop for a synthetic winch rope? I want one of those cool self locking hooks and prefer a color.
Current one is a Rough Country if memory serves and it's been fine.
Thanks yinz.
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I got a nice one from Amazon. I needed 150' so it was a little different. I found one in grey with reflective lines through it. Seems to hold up well.
 
uglyjeepoffroad said:
I got a nice one from Amazon. I needed 150' so it was a little different. I found one in grey with reflective lines through it. Seems to hold up well.
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Reflective lines would like it would be a nice feature. I’ve winched way more at night than during the day for some reason…
 
frankenyoter said:
Reflective lines would like it would be a nice feature. I’ve winched way more at night than during the day for some reason…
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Usually that reason is called alcohol :beer:
 
LBarr2002 said:
Because it's always that "just one more trail before we head back to camp" that ends in flopped rigs, broken axles, and 2 AM recoveries.
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Sounds like following a Jimmy Smith buggy and 3 WOD built rigs though Rattlerock, School bus, half of Windrock and wrapping up the day with Rail Trail. All in a full body Ranger.
Homemade tamales by campfire with @frankenyoter afterwards
 
@Jody Treadway
I’ve used Warn rope all the way down to Amazon specials.
If you don’t care about the color, you can usually get a great deal on whatever one is less popular from Bezos.
Currently have 2 gray, Blue, and green on different winches, plus trailer winch(I think it’s gray also) and I wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger again.

This one matches the Ranger, (and it’s cheap) but other colors are available.
STEGODON 3/8" x 100ft Synthetic Winch Rope 23,809lbs Dyneema Winch Cable Line https://a.co/d/buL4iQK
 
Jody Treadway said:
Sounds like following a Jimmy Smith buggy and 3 WOD built rigs though Rattlerock, School bus, half of Windrock and wrapping up the day with Rail Trail. All in a full body Ranger.
Homemade tamales by campfire with @frankenyoter afterwards
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I mean it just really sounds like you want to come to Windrock in 2 weeks…
 
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