fairleads for synth rope

[bugsnbikes]

im looking for something a little ‘old school’ simple looking.....vs the more modernist Factor55 styling To fit in with my Oem 55bumper/warn winch. I think I may try to hide it on the inside of the bumper with a basic hole clearanced enough for the fairlead. Any ideas on Fairleads that are wider than 8-10” opening and might fit the bill?

 

[1911]

The roller fairlead for the Warn 8274 winch is 12" long.

8274

• 1911
• Sep 22, 2017

 

[ferg]

Wider than 10" might be tough to find. Marlin has a nice aluminum one.
Hawse Fairlead | Marlin Crawler, Inc.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Here is an example from Summit Racing. they have several. If you are using synthetic rope then aluminum is
the way to go. Nice truck, I like your idea of simple and subtle. I inset the hawse on the rear bumper I made,
and I just tuck the rope back under the bumper on a small shackle.

 

[vegas702]

Sorry, this isn't off subject ...
cruiserpilot - that is great looking bumper!!

 

[COMEUP]

We have a wider fairlead which is designed for our Blazer winch.
Actually, we won't suggest to use the fairlead wider than drum length.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Bugsnbikes I'm going to post a couple of pic of how I recessed the hawse on the inside of my bumper.
I meant to post a link to Summit racing website on previous post. That is the hawse I was referring to and I
didn't realize until tonight that it didn't paste. The hawse I used is an old steel Warn original. But its as new
so I'm not concerned about using the synthetic rope that's on the rear winch.
That is such a clean job you did. I don't know if this is something you'd consider doing it my way or not.

 

[Jonathan Hanson]

A couple of thoughts: As the Comeup folks mentioned, it's not a good idea to have a fairlead wider than the winch drum. It should ideally match. Also, if you go with a hawse fairlead, it should have a generous, rounded chamfer on the opening as the Comeup models shown do. And regarding hawse versus roller, it is a myth that you should not use a roller fairlead with synthetic line.

 

[bugsnbikes]

Great info ! Thanks to all!

 

[Warn Industries]

Looks like our fairleads are generally 7.5" wide.

- Andy