where to buy high quality winch rope

GotWood

GotWood

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Looking to replace the cable on our brush truck with synthetic rope. Who has the best selection?
 
Why rope? Would that be a giant flaw (fire/heat not friendly to synthetic rope)? What would be it’s average payload?


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NickMaul said:
Why rope? Would that be a giant flaw (fire/heat not friendly to synthetic rope)? What would be it’s average payload?


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I’d think if you got the truck that close to the heat/fire, you’re already messing up. Just my $.02.
 
BigSouth said:
I’d think if you got the truck that close to the heat/fire, you’re already messing up. Just my $.02.
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If you are using a winch, you are already in trouble/a tight spot. Plus fire spreads quickly. No telling what the situation would be. This is a duty truck, not a SEMA mall crawler :D


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NickMaul said:
If you are using a winch, you are already in trouble/a tight spot. Plus fire spreads quickly. No telling what the situation would be. This is a duty truck, not a SEMA mall crawler :D


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Not like we all drive Land Rover's, then fire would be a real possibility.

I've never ordered from SouthEast but I have seen they're work and it's top notch stuff. If I ever stop being cheap I'd order rope from them.
 
NickMaul said:
If you are using a winch, you are already in trouble/a tight spot. Plus fire spreads quickly. No telling what the situation would be. This is a duty truck, not a SEMA mall crawler :D


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I get what you’re saying, but these guys also clear debris from roadways. Downed trees and such. It doesn’t have to be on fire.
 
NickMaul said:
Why rope? Would that be a giant flaw (fire/heat not friendly to synthetic rope)? What would be it’s average payload?


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Not using it for this purpose!

BigSouth said:
I get what you’re saying, but these guys also clear debris from roadways. Downed trees and such. It doesn’t have to be on fire.
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Exactly. The winch doesn't really get used for life safety purpose but we pull trees and dumb fireman from ditches. I can also see scenarios of using the winch to pull a Stokes basket over an embankment. these are usually not high-stress payloads so not having the wire to you cut your hand seems to be a smart move.
 
plus I can't plus I can't seem to train a dumb fireman to properly wrap a steel winch cable without putting kinks in it. Or they will use it and not wrap it tight there for causing kinks and frays.
 
GotWood said:
Not using it for this purpose!


Exactly. The winch doesn't really get used for life safety purpose but we pull trees and dumb fireman from ditches. I can also see scenarios of using the winch to pull a Stokes basket over an embankment. these are usually not high-stress payloads so not having the wire to you cut your hand seems to be a smart move.
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How about to stabalize a car?

We switched our medical truck an f150 to synthetic because it is easier to handle. But has been used twice to recover an ambulance when it got stuck.

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