Winch line extension

[RubiRascal]

My Superwinch EPI 9.0S came with 80 feet of 3/8" synthetic line, which I am not sure is long enough. I would like to purchase an extension for extra insurance, but don't know how the attach the two together. Some extensions can be ordered with thimbles, others with just an eye. Can someone with some practical knowledge of this please chime in?

[seer1]

I use 3/8 synthetic line with eyes and a couple of D-rings to hook the winch line and extension together. I wish I knew the name of the looping knot I use to adjust the extension to a usable length.

[CAOKKIE]

I am interested also about maybe carrying a extra hank of winch line and what would be the best way to make the connections. Sometimes you get a big buck or elk down in a canyon you want to drag out.
Which reminds me of a friend of mine was down in a canyon and someone was winching out an elk he had killed and winched an elk horn right into his leg. I don't think he was ever the same again. A person really needs to pay caution while using a winch.

[CAOKKIE]

I use 3/8 synthetic line with eyes and a couple of D-rings to hook the winch line and extension together. I wish I knew the name of the looping knot I use to adjust the extension to a usable length.

I wonder if it is a bowline? I wonder if I spelled that right. Anyway it is a knot I use all of the time because it never comes undone and it is easy to unknot.

[sn4cktime]

Never linked winch lines before, but bowline knots work "okay" for connecting ropes, the knots self-tighten as pressure is applied.

But I think there are knots that sailors / fishermen came up with for this. Look up fishing line knots and you'll find an example I'm sure.

[seer1]

No, you're using the D-rings to connect the two lines. I think it's a sheep shank in which you put a tire iron, hitch pin or some other strong metal shaft in the last loop. A bowline will only give you one holding point on the rope. :nono: The sheep shank will allow you to adjust the size of the loop and as many contact, or holding points as you want.

[CAOKKIE]

No, you're using the D-rings to connect the two lines. I think it's a sheep shank in which you put a tire iron, hitch pin or some other strong metal shaft in the last loop. A bowline will only give you one holding point on the rope. :nono: The sheep shank will allow you to adjust the size of the loop and as many contact, or holding points as you want.


:rotflmao2: I wasn't suggesting a bowline I was wondering if the knot he was talking about was a bowline. I have heard of a sheepshank but I have to admit I don't know how to tie one. So in a pinch if I had too I would tie a bowline in one line and then run the other line through the loop of the other line and tie another bowline. I am not saying it is right it just that the only knots I know how to tie are bowline, square, truckers hitch, and half hitch. And backlash if I am fishing.:ya::ya::ya:

[seer1]

Nope, I was wrong. It's not a sheepshank it's a chain sinnet. Here's a slide show of my man Bill Burke fixing one up (among many other things) of course since it's on a commercial site that's non-sponsor I have to make it a non-link, just fix the ht tp part and paste it in the address bar:
ht tp://www.expeditionexchange.com/slideshow/
and here's another site on how to tie one:
http://www.animatedknots.com/chainsinnet/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com except at the last loop, put whatever metal rod in to hold it as you see in the Bill Burke slides instead of the end of the rope.