Synthetic Winch cable (1 Viewer)

[Eternal]

Anyone know a good place to get 1000 or there abouts ft. roll of synthetic cable.There are 4 of us that want ot change over and hoping to save a bit buying bulk.

ANyone have any problems with synthetics, or good or bad comments?

 

[Heffenoche]

rockstomper.com sells in custom lengths, so they might be a place to start.

 

[desertdude]

Email Ted over here - http://www.peakempire.com/ - he can set you up and he is a hellofa nice guy and he uses what he sells- tell him Pasquale from Sedona sent you

 

[kc_chevota]

best price i found is www.seamar.com

 

[Beowulf]

KC_Chevota,

Did you buy from Seamar? If yes, could you post the link to the product you purchased. Their web site uses completely different terminology from what most of us are familiar with and I couldn't figure out which of their products you are recommending.

-B-

 

[desertdude]

and I thought it was only me...

 

[kc_chevota]

5/16 https://ssl2.adhost.com/seamar/merchant.cfm?pid=53095&step=4
3/8 https://ssl2.adhost.com/seamar/merchant.cfm?pid=53096&step=4
if these dont do a search for amsteel and look for sam872020 & sam872024

 

[desertdude]

Thanks for pointing that out

 

[usmcruiser]

I hate to hijack the thread but what are the benifits of a synthetic cable? It just seems to me that it would only wear out considerably faster. If you get even the smallest ammount of dirt in it that little rock will cut the fibers everytime you use it.


Just curious.

 

[desertdude]

Safety - lightness - are the two big ones. The fibers are not that fragile - You can read all about it here- http://www.samsonrope.com/home/newindex.cfm

And if you search this site for Amsteel - or synth rope you can read a whole book of opinions on it.

 

[Eternal]

Synthetic, if it breaks, absorbs the tension and will not snap back. So an unexpected amputation or death resulting would be avoided. A bunch of us are changing over. It only took seeing it happen once(the break of cable) to change minds. Also way easier to work with abrasion sleeves you should get a huge amount of life out of a length.

 

[woody]

http://www.northernmountain.com/
p/n 129358 1 Inch Tubular Webbing, Sterling, blue, nylon webbing - 50', $12.50

just add a scissors and a torch to seal the ends, and you've got lots of spare webbing

 

[Trollhole]

good article

http://www.bb4wa.com/articles/amsteel2.htm

And this is the stuff you want. Also known as spectron 12

http://www.samsonrope.com/home/industrial/winch-amsteeblue.cfm?ProdNum=154

also tech 12 would work. though you would have to go up in diameter.

Yep Seamar.com is by far the cheapest I have found


5/16= 1.09 a ft.

150ft=163.50$


3/8= 1.53


150ft=229$



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