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Gilly
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Hi guys, about to order a winch for my landie, i dont know wether to go for synthetic or wire rope. The landy forums and people (not in tree work) i talk to all say synthetic, being lighter and safer and easier to work with. But im not so sure, using it for work, if you are not careful the synthetic would burr up quickly? What do you guys use?

 

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Gilly

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Sytnthetic reels on better as it doesn't matter if it crisscrosses over on the drum whereas steel rope will flatten and kink etc.

 

I think it depends on what kind of tree work you do, if its going to be mostly winching trees over and self recovery then synthetic is fine as long as you use an extension lenght of rope to prevent the tree falling on top of the winch rope.

If your using it to skid timber about it won't last 2 minutes, steel rope all the way for that.

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