Ok as the topic of winch rope care or maintenance has come up quite a few times it was mentioned to me we should start a thread and find out what or how others
do to maintain their winch rope.
so tell us your tricks, do you----
Nothing just spool it up and leave it??
un-spool it and wash it in a bucket?
un-spool it and give it a hose off??
Take it right off the spool and store it off the winch??
anything or any other way ??
also im keen to know how old is your current rope or how long have you had one last...
1 single winch/ recovery then snap, or hundreds of recoveries.
Have you had one snap purely from getting mud or grit on or in it and not washing it out in time???
Personally i just use it and spool it back up neatly, then when the ute gets washed i give it a hose while still spooled up.
So far mine has been on two D40's and is almost 3yrs old and done heaps of work, i would say at least 45 recoveries, and been used as a flying fox a few times as
well, lol
So lets hear it.
do to maintain their winch rope.
so tell us your tricks, do you----
Nothing just spool it up and leave it??
un-spool it and wash it in a bucket?
un-spool it and give it a hose off??
Take it right off the spool and store it off the winch??
anything or any other way ??
also im keen to know how old is your current rope or how long have you had one last...
1 single winch/ recovery then snap, or hundreds of recoveries.
Have you had one snap purely from getting mud or grit on or in it and not washing it out in time???
Personally i just use it and spool it back up neatly, then when the ute gets washed i give it a hose while still spooled up.
So far mine has been on two D40's and is almost 3yrs old and done heaps of work, i would say at least 45 recoveries, and been used as a flying fox a few times as
well, lol
So lets hear it.
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