viking winch line (1 Viewer)

[hatman406080]

3/8"x90' viking trail line blue/winch safety thimbled eye/viking delrin roller.

 

[hatman406080]

done

 

[hatman406080]

one more pix

 

[REKCUT]

Pictures worth a 1000 words.

 

[phoenixrider]

But, you're not supposed to use a metal roller fairlead with synth line. They make billet alumn. or high temp plastic for the synth line

 

[hatman406080]

it's not a metal roller fairlead(viking DELRIN rollers made for synth,line.

winchline .com

 

[phoenixrider]

Cool. Looks like metal. Now, you gotta get yourself stuck so you can try it out

 

[cody c]

looks sweet!
where did you get the winch cable from?

 

[hatman406080]

Winchline.com

 

[SHP_]

I got my Viking Trail Line (w/ the safety thimble) from Offroad Overstock (http://www.offroadoverstock.com/). Great prices and good to deal with.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Seeing the thimble just makes me want to spool a bunch of line off and use it to bean people. Very cool.

 

[BLACKGOLD]

The "knock" I've heard against Synthetic is that it isn't good to get it dirty & exposed to the elements (like...oh...being on the front of a bumper going down a dirt road). Dirt gets in the fibers and can eventually cause failure of the line.

Anyone have issues with this? Comments?

I'm researching going synthetic.

 

[Klunky Chris]

yea, they have UV issues, and abrasive dirt can wear them, but if they DO break they are MUCH safer! (...and that's why most people are after synthetic in the first place IMO)

also, I have been personally involved with a hardcore wheeler who broke his synthetic. It dropped right to the ground like nothing happened.

he tied it back together by HAND, and had a second go.... it broke again somewhere else

he tied it back together AGAIN!.... it broke in a third place

he tied together a THIRD time and this time it held! It pulled him out and he even used it a couple times more after that!

try THAT with a steel cable

 

[RockDoc]

I figure if I go synthetic, I'll get enough nylon webbing from a climbing shop to encase the outer layer of rope on the winch. Might be just the ticket for eliminating abrasion if you position it right when you are pulling.

 

[SHP_]

Seeing the thimble just makes me want to spool a bunch of line off and use it to bean people. Very cool.

I hadn't thought of that before. I like it! Someone tells me my FJ is "cute" and POW right in the noggin!

 

[Corbet]

Hey your FJ is cute

 

[SAR_Squid79]

www.winchline.com

• Superwinch EPi9.0 Winch
• 3/8" x 100' Synthetic Viking Combo Line w/ Winch Safety Thimble
• Spidertrax Aluminum Hawse Fairlead
• Superwinch Snatch Block
• 3/8" x 50' Synthetic Viking Trail Line Extension
• 3/4" Shackle
• Winchline Recovery Bag

ALL THAT SHIPPED FOR $1064.06!!!

 

[Sniperx]

Just a thought...

Why would you use a plastic roller on synthetic line? This is possibly the WORST possible thing you can do. In rock climbing they teach you to never run a moving rope through a sling or allow the rope to come in contact with plastic during motion or stress. The rope creates HUGE amounts of heat and will eat through whatever its rubbing on.

Notice how ALL climbing hardware designed to slide on rope is steel, aluminum, or titanium?

And yes, the problem with any braided line, even cable, dirt can easily work its way into the internal fibers and weaken it from the inside out through constant use or vibration. The way climbers got past this, they switched to Kernmantle rope, it doesn't allow dirt into the interior nearly as easy as standard braided line.

 

[Corbet]

except with this application its on a roller, not just sliding through a carabiner. I'm not sold on the plastic rollers yet myself but there is a distinct difference here.

 

[hatman406080]

Just a thought...

Why would you use a plastic roller on synthetic line? This is possibly the WORST possible thing you can do. In rock climbing they teach you to never run a moving rope through a sling or allow the rope to come in contact with plastic during motion or stress. The rope creates HUGE amounts of heat and will eat through whatever its rubbing on.

Notice how ALL climbing hardware designed to slide on rope is steel, aluminum, or titanium?

And yes, the problem with any braided line, even cable, dirt can easily work its way into the internal fibers and weaken it from the inside out through constant use or vibration. The way climbers got past this, they switched to Kernmantle rope, it doesn't allow dirt into the interior nearly as easy as standard braided line.