Dyneema Winch Rope

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Has anyone fitted Dyneema to their existing winch? i.e. removed the steel rope and replaced it with Dyneema?

I'm just wondering how many meters you have been able to squeeze on there?

My 10mm x 40m has finally arrived and i'll be giving it a crack on break. I'm thinking that I will attach it to a tree or similar and let the weight of MUMSRIG help to spool it on and hopefully keep it reasonably taught on the drum.

Mitch

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That's the go Mitch. Exactly how I spooled mine on.

[MidLifeCrisis Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close MidLifeCrisis]

What winch you got Mitch and how much are you putting on? Just relocated my winch box and now I can see a nasty burr thingy in the cable.... NOT happy!

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Just a Ryder winch and 40m of 10mm...

[leachy_9 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close leachy_9]

I've got 40m of Masterpull rope on my Warn XD900. I fits - just. Though I have found when using the winch in anger the rope rarely winds on nice and neatly thus making the diameter greater. So I have now modified the winch to have offset braces that hold the two sides of the winch together giving a greater possible diameter for the rope.

Leachy

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Got the Dyneema rope, had it for 7 years or so. Very happy with it on the Warn 9.5xp

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Nice idea there Leachy...

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The more cable/rope you have on the drum the more effort is required to pull it in. You're just as well off having a standard length (28m) and utilizing a winch extension strap when you need a longer pull. I guess having the extra length on the drum means it is all there and you don't need to carry any additional straps or shackles to join everything up to gain more pull. I recently did a pull with 28m of cable attached to 20m extension attached to 3 other straps attached to 8m drag chain - just to stay out of the mud.