After using your winch, is there any way to get the cable wound back up, close to how it came from the factory?

 

Easy.. Wind it back up under a light load.. The rolling weight of the vehicle works great..

 

or get synth rope....my wire ropes always ended up a mess.

 

I agree with synthetic winch rope.

 

x3.

 

Not to mention synthetic makes for less time durring recoveries. Its just easier to pull out, and get set up.

 

I kinda agree with you there. Most people, including myself tend to forget about winch line until you need it. I would put my trust in a steel cable before synth just for the fact that anything not covered & left out in the elements will tend to deteriorate from sun rays,water, grit etc. Steel cable corrodes, but wont snap from it`s fibers rotting. There have always been the thing about cable snapping and taking someone or something out.I`m sure thats happened, but chances are slim. I`d be more concerned with line fatigue, and having your vehicle go tumbling down or rolling over or whatever.

 

I think Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel did a segment on this a while back. If I recall correctly, their tests backed up your view. Anybody see that episode?

 

This is interesting: http://mythbustersresults.com/episode62.

 

That is interesting. Wish I saw that one. It did say that it "did cause potentially lethal injuries" though.