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Budgie:
You can replace the wire with either a new wire or plasma rope, plasma being much more expensive!!

For something to go over the winch wire then I that someone calling themselves MUDDYWEB sells these on his eBay shop!! :D

Take a look at David Bowyer's website. It has all the parts, winching techniques etc you would want. They even do winch kits that have tree strop, snatch block, gloves, chains and shackles all in one bag!  :wink:

There are plenty of other websites that do winch equipment but David's is a good place to start and then you can have a look at the others and compare prices.

Jimbo:
Time to do some reading then !!!!

Thanks for all the advice - guess I need to go spend a bit of cash, we have a hire-shop-place near here, who specialise in lifting gear - I'll call in and see what they have !

One last thing - should the winch wire be lubricated with anything (grease, oil etc) ?

Oh, and finally - V8_Redline : how do I know if the winch is de-restricted or not ?, I didn't fit it, and have no manuals for it.

Ta,
Jim

Xtremeteam:
if you havnt done anything to the winch ie altered the control block it will prob only pull a ton max as this was all the lecky board had them set for,,to check what it will pull id simply findsomethin solid to attach the winch cable to & try & pull yourself towards it ie selfrecovery with the handbrake & brakes on,if its restircted it shouldnt pull the motor forward,if its unrestricted it should do this no probs,thats about the best way i can think of explaining it

Manicminer:

--- Quote from: "V8_redline7500" ---
the correct way to go round a tree(living) is to use a strop either a green 1 or a yellow 1(cant remember the rating but they are colour coded)

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a strop is rated by the number of lines sown into the lenght of the strop. 1 line = 1t , 5 lines = 5t etc

Minor kinks and bends in a wire are ok. A light shower of oil would do no harm to the wire, or a light smearing of grease - it will help the wire slip on itself onto the drum and stop it from rusting.

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