Hey guys I just got this aluminum fairlead from Spidertrax to use with my amsteel rope. Has anyone had any experience or heard good/bad comments?

Johnathan

They were just yaking about them in Gen4x4. 3.00 worth of 6061, a few simple cutting/sanding tools and a 2hp router with a carbide bit and can make your own.

Originally posted by Old Scout
They were just yaking about them in Gen4x4. 3.00 worth of 6061, a few simple cutting/sanding tools and a 2hp router with a carbide bit and can make your own.

Yeah, and sometimes it's easier to get out the credit card...

Let us Amsteel users know what you think about it after it gets broken in. Somebody sent me that link a while back and I've been trying to figure out if it's worth switching from the stock roller fairlead on my girlie StuporWinch.

I haven't seen anything nasty happen with my synthetic and my roller (yet)...

keith
discosaurus
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Originally posted by Discosaurus


I haven't seen anything nasty happen with my synthetic and my roller (yet)...

keith
discosaurus
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Saw some one on the trail get the synthetic rope caught in the corner of the two rollers causing the rope to fail, so I would think this is a great thing to have if you're running the "blue string"..............

Marty

I have to agree with the previous post. I saw their prototype two years ago at the EJS, and thought it actually was a good idea.

When I learned it was for the Poly rope only then I realized that it was actually a really really good idea.

I know of another poly rope failure due to getting caught and pinched in the rollers.

If I had spent that much on the rope and had my truck dangling from the end of it, you can bet your bottom dollar I'd pony up for the spiffy CNC aluminum fairlead.

Later,

Michael

PS I understood you could also get your own logo/name inscribed in it for a fee. Might be kind of cute.

Thats a nice piece of CNC milling there, even CNC engraved their product name. I was thinking of steel, polished and chrome plated...but for $56 I think I will have to buy one of theirs. Does anyone know what replaces 90' of 7/16" cable in Amsteel.

90ft of 7/16ths amsteel. Its 1 for 1 but you could cram a bit more on if you wanted to. If you go to 3/8ths amsteel it would be 125ft

:)

Ron

I like the look of it, and the theory but......

we've used the plastic twine (Always gets a reaction) with roler fairleads for 18 months now, and never had a problem. In fact, if you have a tough pull with the cable to the sides, the roler has to be better than a friction run over something that is a tigher radius?

No?

Merv,

You are probably correct with the radius and friction hypothesis. I think what's going on here is that people would rather believe something they've seen even if it's theoretically inferior to something they have heard about.

Perhaps a CNC fairlead with a larger radius? (course that would make the piece about 2 inches thick).

M

I wonder if the backside of the fairlead opening should not have somewhat of a radius to prevent chafing?

Hey, Jtisdale, I see in the background that you've discovered the beauty of ANCRA tie downs? Worth their weight in gold! Got a good source for them? Prices vary wildly, and I still need another handful for my trailer project...

ok ...i dont use the string yet but if you want a fairlead for it

go to your local plastics materials company and ask for

"nyloil"

Its a nylon impregnated with a dry petrolium residue

its designed for things like frction reduction pads on conveyer belts.

for $20 worth of material you could easily make a block similar or bigger then that aluminum one with a ordinary wood working bits.

its coefiecint of friction would be a fraction of that ok the aluminum one .

just a thought

Merv- That was a concern of mine before buying the alum one. As you mentioned, theory is one thing true functionality is another. I've never had the line jam between the rollers either, but as I've bumped it against rocks the rollers do not roll all that well anymore. Not a problem by itself, but this happened while I was still running the cable and it grooved the rollers up pretty well. I've sanded them down but they are not frictionless by any stretch. The hawse gives a better approach(in hopes that I won't bump it like the roller) and at this point provides a smoother surface for my rope.

60seriesguy-

I love those tie downs, I believe I got them thru 4x4 connection out of VA(they were at the middy a few years ago). I paid $20/ea, don't know how that compares these days.

Johnathan

Yeah, my rollers don't roll too well anymore either. I have noticed that the plastic rope slides nicely across the large radius bend of the warn rollers though. And it gives 'em a nice polished look!

I'll probably go for one of those aluminum ones when I get my Rockware bumper in a little bit. I do still have an old steel hawse yet and maybe I'll try to polish smooth first. Nothing like using an old part that's already paid for!

Oh yeah.. I got it for free anyway.. BONUS!!!

Otherwise, I'd probably do what I did on my D110 and special order one of the superwinch roller fairleads for the winch with the extra long drum. It actually fits perfectly on my milemarker and allows the rope to spool all the way to the edge of the drum rather than ending up 1/2 inch from the edge and then falling over when you pull on it. And this fairlead is actually lower profile than the standard Warn fairlead yet it fits the same bolt holes!

-John