Georgia Trail Riders Forum
MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: Krawler00 on March 22, 2008, 09:45:22 PM
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Hey guys, I have decided to make the switch to synthetic line for the Jeep after Aetna kinked my steel 60ft in. I have read countless reviews and writeups and am going with the AMsteel blue line 5/16" x 100' rope. My question is this... I have a mile marker 8000# and am a little worried about heat from the drum on the rope. I called Mile Marker and of course the guy I spoke with was like yeah it will be fine. I need a little more reasurring. Anyway, I was doing some thinking and thought hey, I used a wrap on my plug wires on my hot rod and it would probably work on rope too. Just the section that would be on the drum itself. Here is one solution I found. I think it would work fine. Just to add a little more protection to the rope. Any thoughts?
http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/red-hot_sleeve.php
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You should be fine without it.
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Looks like it would definitely serve the purpose that you want. If you want the reassurance I would say this is a good way to get it.
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no problems so far on my SI9500
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Chris and Jeremy, you have the same winch right? I may be wrong but they advertise it as the winch for synthetic rope don't they? I think as a measure of precaution it would not hurt to try it. It is a cheap thing to me that would work. I know if I am winching someone for a long time or myself that drum will get hot.
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I have the Superwinch EPi9.0
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Chris and Jeremy, you have the same winch right? I may be wrong but they advertise it as the winch for synthetic rope don't they? I think as a measure of precaution it would not hurt to try it. It is a cheap thing to me that would work. I know if I am winching someone for a long time or myself that drum will get hot.
Chris has the SuperWinch and I have the MileMarker. I would say with your stuff might as well do the wrap just to be safe. I really have not done a lot of winching with the rope. I pulled Daniel and then I pulled a tree in downtown Atlanta for about 30 seconds straight
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My bad about the winch Chris and Jeremy. I will more than likely be buying the wrap once I have the rope. Just in case.
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Krawler,
You should look into this rope. When I eventually break down and buy synthetic this is what I am gonna buy.
https://secure48.mysecureorder.net/offroadonly/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=90&osCsid=8cb3bf99f119549acc7334aa4449c9fa
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Adam, thats very nice rope, but way overkill.
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i was looking at this line. bout $100 cheaper than the x-line, but i think they are pretty equal
http://www.tellico4x4.com/product_info.php/products_id/23385
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Adam, thats very nice rope, but way overkill.
That sounds like a good match for an overkill winch.
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no overkill is the warn synthetic rope
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I looked into that rope and the other as well. I looked at the price and that was the deciding factor. It has a great heat rating but I can't see paying that much for it. I am set with the AMSTEEL and just using the heat wrap. I should not have any problems regardless of the heat wrap but I like to do things right the first time!
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wow the weight diffrence is huge. sorry didnt realize till I took my roller fairlead to UPS today to ship out. The roller fairlead and box weighs 11.5 lbs. MY rope, new hook and aluminum fairlead in box weighed 8.5 lbs....
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I am really looking forward to getting my rope in. I have it ordered and now I hope the fairlead I bought off ebay will come in b4 tellico. I bought it saturday and have heard nothing so far. I can't stand people like that. Just confirm the sale atleast!
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Either way, Adam is blowing more money on something he'll never use.