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rope in place of cable

Postby ash2042 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:26 am

Has anyone seen the blue rope for use on winches that is supposed to be stronger than the steel cable? I have seen it on ebay a few times, I think it would have roll up on the spool alot better.
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Postby Thrasher » Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:07 pm

no...but...ooh....interesting!
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Postby ash2042 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:56 pm

I think it is called amsteel. Do a search on ebay and go to best-bargainz ebay store.
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Postby ash2042 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 1:00 pm

I was looking for the amsteel web site and found a neat site for winching. www.masterpull.com
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:22 pm

That was actually a very interesting website.....

Thanks....
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Postby Thrasher » Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:45 am

ya, i am considering some of that atv winch rope for my winch..my cable has some kinks and loose strands that always seem to find a way to puncture it's way into the hand.
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:22 am

Yeah I know the feeling..... I've had some great punctures (in my hands) myself. I've learned to wear heavy gloves and to hold the cable and not slide my hands along it.
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Postby Ken » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:01 pm

Terry, wasn't that you, Jack and I who saw that guy use the Plasma rope pulling his wife's Jeep up Signal Peak?? That stuff was cool.


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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:16 pm

Terry, wasn't that you, Jack and I who saw that guy use the Plasma rope pulling his wife's Jeep up Signal Peak??
lol...That's right. Didn't we have to wait for them to winch through. She had the stock Jeep. She didn't look very happy. lol....
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Postby Ken » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:24 am

Yep..that's the one.

My cable is starting to get kinks and little wires coming off...I'm definitely going to give this stuff a shot.
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:44 am

I wonder how it wraps.....

and, it's not cheap....
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Postby Ken » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:00 pm

Mr. Miyagi wrote:and, it's not cheap....

According to Terry Reidowitz.
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Postby Mr. Miyagi » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:47 pm

Reidowitz
I guess I'll just have to wait till it's ON SALE.... lol.

:roll: FU
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Postby Lizard » Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:56 pm

Try okoffroad.com . They have pretty good info and prices. I will be buying some soon as my cable looks nasty.
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Postby Ken » Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:46 pm

Lizard,

You ever do the Rubicon...I just noticed you're in Pollock Pines.
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