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Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:59 pm**

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.

thanks

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:31 pm**

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.

thanks

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.

Posted: **Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:03 am**

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.

Posted: **Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:35 am**

also taking into consideration the roller fairlead and a hawse fairlead

about 15kgs in savings

Posted: **Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:16 pm**

don't forget the weight savings from using pop rivets instead of bolts to mount the fairlead

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Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:12 am**

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?

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:45 pm**

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

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:37 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:24 am**

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...

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:16 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:31 pm**

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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