DARREN4040
Member
Look in local phone book under rope /cable manuf ? or google it is what i have done or see if you have a company called certex local to you ?
DARREN4040
Member
yes or try calling in to a local recovery company and asking them as we have had a few people pop in and ask same question
My synthetic rope came off the drum at the weekend. Was absolutely rogered as couldn't get it back on and we had serious recovery to do in the dark.
Thanks for the tips chaps.
Thanks for the tips chaps.
ratty
I'm not special I'm limited edition
What make of winch is it? Some have a hole in the drum and a grub screw to secure it and others use an eyelet and a bolt. Some can use either.
In an emergency you could just wrap the cable around the drum 5 times and then start winching in. I've loaded a 4.5 ton iveco turbo daily cherry picker onto a flatbed with an unsecured winch cable in the past.
We tried that and the drum just spun and wouldn't grip. Very very difficult recovery.
ratty
I'm not special I'm limited edition
Goody8
New Member
The winch has a small mushroom headed peg on the side of the drum and the old cable I took off had a eyelet crimped on the end whereas my new cable doesn't and thought as some have said the cable wouldn't grip the drum without some sort of fastening,looking on the Internet there is a lifting specialist who should be able to sort it locally . Is it advised to spool the cable on from under the winch.i thought I would take it some where and attach to a big tree then winch myself in across the car park to keep the cable taught is this necessary or am I over killing the whole thing !!!!!!......
Some one was doing something wrong, as ive worked with rope and cable from 5mm to 50mm using winchs and capstans and as a rule of thumb 3 turns for rope and 5 or a layer for cable never had an issue AS LONG as you keep tension on it to start.
Goody8
New Member
So being nieve you hold cable onto drum and get somebody to winch in while you keep tension on cable with thick gloves on or something then to stop the cable unwinding from the drum the second layer holds it down hey presto,depending on the length or cable should I be looking at 5-7 layers ???....
NOOOO Never have your hand on the drum unless its some one else and you dont like them,
Either tape the cable end down similar, if your doing it for a one off recovery you can feed a length off the other end so you can hold the tension.
Never had to do it on a winch that didnt have an open end so not sure if there is any other ways.
Either tape the cable end down similar, if your doing it for a one off recovery you can feed a length off the other end so you can hold the tension.
Never had to do it on a winch that didnt have an open end so not sure if there is any other ways.
I am very much a newb where winches are concerned. Only had this one fitted a few weeks.
Unfortunately I let the rope wind off the drum to it's limit.
The rope was attached by tape and a grub screw. (it's a Superwinch 9.5 SR)
So there was just no way to reattach the rope.
Even winding the rope about five turns on the drum it still slipped.
Oh well live and learn. I'll be signing up for lessons soon.
I'll certainly keep that in mind for next time.
I really don't know why it kept slipping.
It's certainly a huge learning curve, and very much a case of learning how to use it properly.
But also after my experience at the weekend, being better trained can save alot more time and acheive a more effective recovery.
