Chief Mechanic Wifey And Desertdaves 66 Build

Looking for a replacement cable for the old belview crank.
Thinking synthetic? Any thoughts or advice? Pros/cons?

 

Digging up bones.
Thoughts?

 

synthetic and dirt dont play nice,nor do rocks. i vote steel.

 

How much winching do you expect to be doing?

 

Hardley any really. More for convenience of not haveing steel threads to deal with. L

 

I'd go with time proven steel cable.
Then you're ready for any use that arises.
Cool factor of synthetic is for mall crawlers.

 

I'll go against the grain.... I like the synthetic. People can go back and fourth all day. It's kinda like black wheels....
I have used my winch on a hitch mount quite a few times before I permanently mounted it.. The synthetic rope makes the winch way lighter and keeps some weight off the front end. I have 2 10' chaf guards on my rope that I can slide to necessary places. When you wind the synthetic rope on the drum, you will need to tension it/ kinda stretch it out. Also, you will need to keep a cover on the winch as sunlight degrades the rope over time. You can definitely abuse the wire allot more than the synthetic. It's just whatever a guy likes. People can argue one may be safer than the other all day long.
I'm not too worried about looking mall crawler. I have too many pictures of my jeep with dead animals dripping blood down the side.