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Old 01-26-2012, 05:29 PM
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If you start of with a steel cable winch can you change the cale out for a rope line later on with out any problems other than changing the fair-lead?
Yes, you can switch. There are 2 options for the fairlead. 1, haws style. 2, synthetic rollers. Aparently 2 is cheaper. There are also more than a few synthetic rope manufacturers (amsteel blue, warn, smittybilt just to name a few) and you get what you pay for.
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Most of the time you don't even need to change the fairlead.....
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Originally Posted by SOBX
Yes, you can switch. There are 2 options for the fairlead. 1, haws style. 2, synthetic rollers. Aparently 2 is cheaper. There are also more than a few synthetic rope manufacturers (amsteel blue, warn, smittybilt just to name a few) and you get what you pay for.
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