Gonepostal
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Cable or Synthetic which is better?
Synthetic is up to 45% stronger for a given size, doesn't seem light duty. Also, stuck in a watery mud hole and drop your steel cable, go fish. Synthetic floats. Also, not sure why added weight wouldn't be an issue? Decreased fuel economy, poorer acceleration, poorer handling, increased risk of breakage, more damage in event of a breakage just to add a few side effects of unnecessary weight.
Oh yeah? like Red white and blue?My synthetic is nice and light, never stabs me, and comes in pretty colors.
Synthetic is fine as long as you run a winch cover and tape the part of the rope that is exposed. They both work, but I like the synthetic for ease of use and because I like to snow wheel and dragging 100' of steel cable in 2 - 4 foot of snow is a much harder than pulling synthetic rope.
That's what I was wondering about. Wouldn't either using a cover, or having an internally mounted winch solve 90% of the downsides of synthetic?