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WINCH ROPE LENGTH for comps

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WINCH ROPE LENGTH for comps

Post by tigerz11 »

Hello All

In the comps what sort of length of rope is used on the winches????

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Post by Goutman »

45m of 12mm rope
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Post by Britswed »

I run 40m of 11mm

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whats kinda ones are you doing ?? and where vic , nsw, qld ? lots of mud,rocks,hill, ec
whats size is the drum ?
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tigerz11 wrote:Hello All

In the comps what sort of length of rope is used on the winches????

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Post by jdp13 »

probably depends on what events you are planning on doing... but most ppl tend to stick with between 40 to 50 metres.... either steel or plasma, :)
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Post by MitchellBros4x4 »

We have just sold a heap of Superline XD to competitors for the Outback, Cliffhanger etc, 3/8" x 200ft, which is about 60 metres, rated to 26500lbs.
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Post by Coighty »

Depends if the drum is standard or widened,standard will hold 50m x 11mm widened about 70m x 11mm.
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Post by tom_286 »

Also remember not to fill the drum right up! Even if the cable fits on all good when its wound on nice and neat, it may bind up after winching in a comp if it bunches up to one side. Need to alow a bit of room for that.
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Post by XTREME MMM »

:D :D :D


I have been selling a lot of the first rope introduced into Australia a good few years ago:- Plasma 12 Strand.

The common size is 11mm of which you will get around the 60 meters on a 100mm wider drum, but as a lot more competitors are going to the 12 mm Plasma 12 Strand you will only get 40 meters safely on the wider drum. Standard drum you will just get on 30 meters of 12 mm, this I feel is a touch too much in my opinion.


Hope that is of some help to you.


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my drum has been widened in the hope to run 65-70m of 11mm, just have to buy more rope :lol:
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Post by lik mik »

Big Red Toy wrote:my drum has been widened in the hope to run 65-70m of 11mm, just have to buy more rope :lol:

J.T.F my friend, thats a lot of rope. :armsup: :bad-words:
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Post by BushTuckerNed »

Big Red Toy wrote:my drum has been widened in the hope to run 65-70m of 11mm, just have to buy more rope :lol:
buy some lockers and you wont have to winch as far :finger: :P
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Post by sierrajim »

BushTuckerNed wrote:
Big Red Toy wrote:my drum has been widened in the hope to run 65-70m of 11mm, just have to buy more rope :lol:
buy some lockers and you wont have to winch as far :finger: :P
Now that's funny. :rofl: :finger:
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