I finally snapped my synthetic winch rope. Did it violently recoil? Or did it quietly drop to the ground?
An indirect answer from @jjvw? No way... didn't see that one coming
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On another note do you think a steel cable would’ve broken with the same use?
And I was Warned about it, too!
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The big question is will you be replacing it with another synthetic line or swapping to cable?
Ok so I'll go with it broke near the anchor by chaffing on a rock then flew halfway back to the jeep.I will stay with synthetic and will also keep this one for a good while longer. There is no reason to replace it.
Ok so I'll go with it broke near the anchor by chaffing on a rock then flew halfway back to the jeep.
No damper.I have follow up questions before my guess. Did you have a dampener on the line? How many? And location of them?
The amount of recoil is predicated upon several factors. If the load is high, the amount of recoil will be high. If the load is low, the recoil will be low. If the load did not cause the line to part and instead a combination of load and physical damage to the line like dragging across a sharp edge, then the amount of recoil is hard to predict except there will be some.That is an important question. That answer will be probably not. And I was Warned about it, too!
Dampers by and large are useless.I have follow up questions before my guess. Did you have a dampener on the line? How many? And location of them?