Synthetic fairlead rollers?

[Mace]

While I usually trust you to not just spit out something(unless in chat), I just wanted to ask if you've seen it happen? I cant find anything with a GIS.

Multiple times.

 

[inkpot]

I'm late to the party - but if you use steel just make sure the rollers are burr free, and make sure the rollers in the corners have significant overlap to keep your synthetic line from getting pinched or caught, that's all..

Howdy! I think the idea of switching over to the Delrin rollers was a big deal due to a lot of guys switching from steel to synthetic line, but keeping the used steel rollers. If they had burrs or dings on the old rollers, then it was hard on the new synthetic rope. So, new steel rollers, or fairlead, should be fine with new synthetic rope. The other problem is the pinch point on the roller assembly. I know some of them are pretty obvious that the corners have a big gap. On my big old style ARB, I would have to pull sideways at more than a 45 degree angle to have any rise of pinching. It looks like the side rollers extend out a bit farther than the other two. Worse for clearance, better for rope protection. I can live with it fir now. I had zero clearance issues when I ran Golden Spike last month at Moab. John

 

[Master Pull]

Alex, obviously you know what you are talking about. However, the problem is that you are dealing with wrong situations instead of perfect (or even moderately good) situations. There is no requirement to know how to use a winch. You just go buy one. LOTS of things can happen that are out of the ordinary. If you overdrive the winch a bit and get some sag, you can catch the line on the through bolt of the rollers among other things... I love winch rope, but it is not forgiving for misuse.

True, I have seen people do stupid things with rope and recovery gear in general and break it. There are certain people that can use synthetic for years and never have a problem, others break it within a few months of buying it and can't understand why the rope broke on the pointy rock they just winched over.

-Alex