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Eeyore:

--- Quote from: "Range Rover Blues" ---That flat stuff had a worthy mention in one of the comics too recently.  the cost make sit well worth a try I'd think.  
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I've seen it on a number of winches recently, but I'll confess to still being sceptical.

There's one or two questions need answering first - I remember all the learning that went on with plasma once loads of folk had fitted it!

Watch this space with interest, I think is the key phrase. :wink:

For recovery, I agree with Muddyweb - a gurt thick nylon rope is good.

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

muddyweb:
My experience with flat stuff like that is that it never stays flat for long..  unless you pull it on dead straight it twists and turns and rolls itself up into a rope shape :-)

davidlandy:
been thinking about getting some of the plasma rope - the strap stuff just dont look right to me.

seen plasma snapping alot though and never seen wire go but hear that it can make a bit of a scene when it does

muddyweb:
IME, plasma tends to snap more because it gets abused a lot more.   There is still a lot of 'fear' of steel ropes, so people tend to handle and treat them with a lot more respect.  Because everyone thinks Plasma is "safe", they abuse it a lot more and don't look after it as much.

The best thing about a plasma rope failure is that there is a lot less stored energy, so the potential for damage is greatly reduced.

Plasma also suffers from being not used.   If it just sits there on the drum for long periods of time, it seems to age more quickly than it otherwise would.

The other issue is that (IMHO) people use too-small a guage of plasma on their winches.  They seem to have bought into the sales hype that having a couple of miles of winch rope on the drum is a good thing....   I would suggest that a shorter length of bigger rope is a much better way to run.

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