New winch rope on the market.

[Ace]

Hi all, i have an add in the back of the 4x4 trader asking for interest in starting a Land Rover owners club in the central west nsw area. As a result of this i just got a letter from Sydney Rigging Specialists trying to sell their new winch rope.

They sell two diameters 7 and 9mm, the 7mm line has a breaking strain of 7500kg and the 9mm line has a breaking strain of 12000kg.

Prices for 30.5m of line are as follows:

7mm- $347
9mm- $528.

Seems like a good price, i am not sure i have never bought winch rope before, but if anyone is interested in checking it out you can contact them at:

Phone- 02 95554271
Fax- 02 95554277
Email- sydneyrigging@rigging.com.au
Website- www.rigging.com.au

Matt

[Defender200Tdi]

A couple of alternative sources for plasma type winch ropes:

Brawn (Aust)

8mm 13000lb $11 per metre
10mm 18000lb $13 pm


4B Equip (Aust)

8mm 13000lb $11 pm
9.5mm 18000lb $15 pm


Rockstomper (US)

5/16" 13700lb US$139 for 100'(30.9m)
3/8" 20400lb US$187 for 100' (30.9m)


Rogue Vogue on LR4x4 forum (UK)

10mm 10800lb GBP1.00 per ft
12mm 15000lb GBP1.25 per ft


Obviously for the last 2 suppliers you'd have to factor in the exchange rates and higher freight costs. I ended up opting for 100' of 10mm rope from Rogue Vogue off the LR4x4 forum.


Paul style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[seqfisho]

While we are on the subject of synthetic winch ropes is there any particular reason that most of the setups you see run a hawse fairlead instead of a roller fairlead?

I would have thought that it should be the other way around :?:

I like the synthetic idea because of the lack of recoil if snapped under tension, the lower weight and easier to handle, I will certainly be considering it when I put my winch on. :wink:

[Defender200Tdi]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>While we are on the subject of synthetic winch ropes is there any particular reason that most of the setups you see run a hawse fairlead instead of a roller fairlead?[/b][/quote]

Apparently the synthetic ropes can get caught in the gap between the horizontal and vertical rollers and get shredded.


Paul style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[rmp]

I covered synthetic ropes in detail in the Sept edition of Overlander. The reason hawses are used is because they're cheaper and lighter. Anyone that has seen a wire rope snap as opposed to a synth rope tends to open the wallet pretty quickly. It is also possible to splice synth.