"Warn 8274 winch with a full drum of synthetic rope, brand new motor and hd bearings. New solenoid and comes with wired remote - $1000"
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Late to the party and not well versed in these winches beyond their part number, but...
...those weren't originally equipped with synthetic line were they?
And as such, at least with other winches made for steel, putting synthetic rope on risks the rope melting from drum temps.
Or maybe these winches don't have that issue due to their odd design?
Good to know.8274 does not have an internal drum brake.
That being said, i personally think something would have to be going seriously wrong for a drum to melt syn line.
Good to know.
Interesting. That's what I've come to understand...winches originally equipped with cable cannot run rope due to drum temps. Or put another way, winches equipped with rope are designed specifically to keep heat away from the drum.
You can run cable on a rope winch, but not the other way around. etc.
Superwinch for example (my current winch) forbids the use of rope on their cable winches due to heat.
Maybe it's rope/cable the connecting apparatus being different too?
Idk.
At any rate, sounds like the 8274 is not constrained by that issue (if it's even legit) for the reason you stated.
editerhaps cable winches actually use the drum and cable as a heatsink to disipate heat from the motor and rope winches lose that ability due to the rope? Again, just spitballing...