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75DBE
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Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:37 am Posts: 319 Location: Colorado Springs
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Mil Spec Rope
Ok, may be a dumb question, as I have no experience in this area, but is mil-spec cable with 8,000lbs of pulling tension worth anything? Would it be something us 4-wheelers would be able to roll onto our winches and use for every day use? I can get three huge rolls of it for like $300? Is it something that the club would want to purchase and distribute? Again, just wondering if it was feasible.
_________________ Now with disk brakes, has turned into my sons daily driver while he is home on Christmas break.
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Tue May 08, 2012 11:54 am |
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Kinder
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Joined: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:03 pm Posts: 4371 Images: 0 Location: Parker, CO
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Mil Spec Rope
Don't know about replacing a winch cable with it, is it abrasion resistant? But could be used as an extension like some sites sell.
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Tue May 08, 2012 12:38 pm |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Mil Spec Rope
That is too weak for a winch on a vehicle. Might work for ATV/UTV's tho. On Masterpull site, the weakest rope I could find was rated for 21,000 lbs.
Good all purpose rope for use around the house and campsite is hard to come by tho. How much are we talking on each spool? How big is the rope diameter?
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Tue May 08, 2012 1:36 pm |
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75DBE
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Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:37 am Posts: 319 Location: Colorado Springs
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Re: Mil Spec Rope
_________________ Now with disk brakes, has turned into my sons daily driver while he is home on Christmas break.
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Tue May 08, 2012 2:14 pm |
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socofn
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Joined: Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:52 am Posts: 204 Images: 0 Location: Pueblo County
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Re: Mil Spec Rope
This is like the stuff you see holding power poles up. It does not bend well it just kinks. Might make one hell of a zip line. JP
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Tue May 08, 2012 2:24 pm |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Mil Spec Rope
My guess is it's used to pull electrical wire thru conduit, but it looks to be 3/4" to 1" in diameter, which is huge! If that is the intended purpose, I'd say that's about all it's good for. I tried to search for the keywords and come up empty.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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Tue May 08, 2012 2:25 pm |
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75DBE
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Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:37 am Posts: 319 Location: Colorado Springs
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Re: Mil Spec Rope
Thanks all! I wasn't sure what "electrical" meant in the title -- now I do. Appreciate the feedback.
_________________ Now with disk brakes, has turned into my sons daily driver while he is home on Christmas break.
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Tue May 08, 2012 2:36 pm |
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