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How heavy is winch wire

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How heavy is winch wire

Post by grazza »

Quick question - how much of the weight of a typical 10,000 to 12,000lb electric winch is the actual wire? Just wondering how much of a difference dyneema type stuff makes to the weight of the winch.

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Re: How heavy is winch wire

Post by bogged »

grazza wrote:Quick question - how much of the weight of a typical 10,000 to 12,000lb electric winch is the actual wire? Just wondering how much of a difference dyneema type stuff makes to the weight of the winch.

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It has been discussed, but honestly, its quite a bit.. I picked up a rolled up old winch cable, which was a bastard. Then the plasma to go back onto mates, and it was nuts different.
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Post by thehanko »

http://neuralfibre.com/paul/4wd/4wd-win ... the-weight

IN this article he comparers the weight of rope and wire. i think it read about 8.5kg difference.
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Post by tigerz11 »

also taking into consideration the roller fairlead and a hawse fairlead

about 15kgs in savings
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Post by Tojo »

don't forget the weight savings from using pop rivets instead of bolts to mount the fairlead
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:lol: :lol:
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:lol: :lol:
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Post by benhl »

Anyone got 50m of wire off a highmount that they have replaced with Plasma or alike - i'm chasing wire for my new toy as i can't be stuffed cleaning the rope after each trip and am more worried about abrasion etc than weight savings...

Can anyone help?
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Post by chunderlicious »

benhl wrote:Anyone got 50m of wire off a highmount that they have replaced with Plasma or alike - i'm chasing wire for my new toy as i can't be stuffed cleaning the rope after each trip and am more worried about abrasion etc than weight savings...

Can anyone help?
good luck fitting 50M on the drum... i mean it can be done, but good luck, youll need a lengthened and smaller diameter drum for that. 30M is standard
turbos are nice but i'd rather be blown
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Post by Weiner »

chunderlicious wrote:
benhl wrote:Anyone got 50m of wire off a highmount that they have replaced with Plasma or alike - i'm chasing wire for my new toy as i can't be stuffed cleaning the rope after each trip and am more worried about abrasion etc than weight savings...

Can anyone help?
good luck fitting 50M on the drum... i mean it can be done, but good luck, youll need a lengthened and smaller diameter drum for that. 30M is standard
45m actually
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Post by benhl »

yeah thought so - 30m of plasma or 45-50m of wire.... anyway you know what i mean, just the standard length highmount wire supplied by warn...
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Post by chunderlicious »

Weiner wrote:
chunderlicious wrote:
benhl wrote:Anyone got 50m of wire off a highmount that they have replaced with Plasma or alike - i'm chasing wire for my new toy as i can't be stuffed cleaning the rope after each trip and am more worried about abrasion etc than weight savings...

Can anyone help?
good luck fitting 50M on the drum... i mean it can be done, but good luck, youll need a lengthened and smaller diameter drum for that. 30M is standard
45m actually
DAMN!!!! my free himount was a rip off... lol. i want my extra 15M of cable
turbos are nice but i'd rather be blown
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Post by Weiner »

chunderlicious wrote:
Weiner wrote:
chunderlicious wrote:
benhl wrote:Anyone got 50m of wire off a highmount that they have replaced with Plasma or alike - i'm chasing wire for my new toy as i can't be stuffed cleaning the rope after each trip and am more worried about abrasion etc than weight savings...

Can anyone help?
good luck fitting 50M on the drum... i mean it can be done, but good luck, youll need a lengthened and smaller diameter drum for that. 30M is standard
45m actually
DAMN!!!! my free himount was a rip off... lol. i want my extra 15M of cable
Its that 15m that costs you!
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