Anyone have a good source for 1/2" winch cable?

A buddy of mine has an EB with a PTO winch, and he's snapped his 5/16" cable several times in the past year... He recently relocated to Sicily, and had his rig shipped there, so a European connection would probably work best - though I'm not sure how hard it'll be to find someone over there... If not, I'm sure shipping over from the US wouldn't be too bad.

Thanks,
- Chris

Has he considered going with rope instad of steel? If so look up Rockstomper - the rope has a much higher strength than the steel.

Originally posted by injectedEB
Has he considered going with rope instad of steel? If so look up Rockstomper - the rope has a much higher strength than the steel.

I asked him already whether or not he's looked into synthetic rope... It might be an option, I'm not sure if it'd be more $$$ then he's looking to spend...

Thanks,
- Chris

probably the more important question.. why is the cable snaping? is it piching? birds nesting? fraying? or just over loaded? why jump all the way up to 1/2" instead of up to 3/8?

keep in mind the size of the drum. 1/2" probably even 3/8" cable is not going to wrap right on a small drum. like the low profile Warn winches, etc.

I just talked to my buddy, turns out he's leaning more towards 3/8" than 1/2". Going with 3/8" will work fine for spooling; his 10,000 pound PTO winch is a beast, and I guess was originally spooled with 3/8"...

Synthetic rope is going to be too spendy for him for now.

- Chris

Here's a link for some 3/8" cable

http://www.recoverygear.com/winchcables.html

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