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I am planning on modifying the 5 ton variant of the factory winch in my setup into a foers setup. I that configuration the winch line will exit the factory winch drum from the top, and extend towards the rear where it will pass over a pulley/sheave that re-directs the line all the way back out...

I think the one in the first image weighs in at 245 KG!... Beef.

The roller chock could be mounted anywhere along the frame between the rear rollers and the winch itself, although I think further back will help with the cable angles feeding off the drum. I'm thinking somewhere in the vicinity of the mud flap arm mount, but to be fair, I'm not looking at the...

In my foers setup, that turn around point could see 40k+ of force. I don't think the factory quad roller set is capable of sustaining that load as they were just made to redirect the line a bit on entry/exit. The smallest roller chock I've found is rated for 20 tons with an 8 inch radius. I'm...

While we are talking rollers. I'm looking at something called a roller button or roller chock. It's used in the marine world to redirect towing lines on ships. I have not been able to find a source or pricing on one just yet, but it looks like a cool idea. Anyone have an "in" in the marine...

You might be the only one. I can't kick up a single image or video of it happening. What were you doing? Crazy angles? somersaults? Air drop?

I think this is a bit of an urban legend. the rollers on most fairleads overlap at the corners. You might be able to snake the flexible synthetic line in there if you tried real hard, but under normal use it's not an issue. If a taught synthetic line could get in there, then a taught steel one...

It's worth noting that the military rates winches differently that the commercial market. My Jeep winch is rated 12k, but that means with all of the line unspooled and on the first wrap of the drum where the winch has the most mechanical advantage. Military winches are rated the opposite, with...

For the exact reason listed above. Steel is better around heat and sharp corners. And they have plenty of strong young soldiers to handle the heavy steel lines.

When my synthetic gets gunk in it, I just unspool it and hit it with a pressure washer. Steel would just get rusty, and there's not much you can do about that, except grease the whole cable, and that's a whole new problem to deal with everything time you want to use it.

There is no reason rollers cannot be used with synthetic. They just need to be smooth. Any nicks or damage from previous use with steel cable will quickly shred the new synthetic. I've been meticulously rebuilding mine as I get stuff ready for installation. I'll probably use most of it in my...

This thread inspired me to want one of these (two actually, to use as seats in a dinette unit). I won a couple of auctions and after some interesting shipping debacles I now have three of them. One had dead batteries Two are missing the batteries and the cage for them. I bought 4 new...

Doubling the line does not double the pull on each segment of line. As long as the line is rated enough (plus some safety factor) for your winch pull there is no issue, no matter how many pulleys you compound. Getting 50k of pull is as easy for 3/8 synthetic as it is for the 1/2 inch steel. I...

I'm also hoping ditch the 330 feet of steel cable in favor of 500+ feet of synthetic. I've found some inexpensive ATV fairleads for synthetic line that might make great guides along the line path.

I think the challenge for a mid mounted electric is that the winch drum runs the wrong way. I don't know of any electric winches that are designed to pull from the top of the drum. I think you'd have to make it spin around, which would require re-routing the cable. you might be able to rig a...

I wondered about putting a hefty electric in front of the bed, which could be used to haul heavy things into the back, or winch to the rear. Add an "A" frame to the rear shackle mounts and you'd have a crane of sorts.

I'm in the middle of installing the factory winch setup. I've been kicking around the idea of replacing one of the roller guide sets either at the front or the rear with a large pulley so that the line could returned around and ran completely through to the other end. Such that the cable never...

I heard back from the Viracon sales guy. he indicated that they stopped making laminated glass 20 years ago. lol

Mine was made by Viracon. I'd never heard of them.

I'm not kicking up anything called " Mother's Rubber Renew". Anyone have a link to this magic juice?