Winch: synthetic or wire...?

[binare]

i am with you Gun^.
Steel has never let me down and i have never seen a steel cable break/snap. i have never seen a close call ever while winching with steel. i did see a trailer ball launched like a missile one summer at Johnson Bog, luckily no one was hurt and the idiot that hooked up, did it with very few (other than his group) knowing. i caught it happen at the last second.
Gotta be on your toes back in the heydays of Johnson Bog
i will continue to run steel unless i win some rope at the show and shine.

Now that does sound familiar! Any chance you remember that ball hitch flying out of a charcoal cherokee? lol. My buddy bent his hitch to crap so we yanked it with my winch right beside the bog. That was different though... used a snatch block and aimed er away from the people ;-) That place was definately the beginning of the end up there.

[Spinalguy]

Now that does sound familiar! Any chance you remember that ball hitch flying out of a charcoal cherokee? lol. My buddy bent his hitch to crap so we yanked it with my winch right beside the bog. That was different though... used a snatch block and aimed er away from the people ;-) That place was definately the beginning of the end up there.

it was a pic up truck and no precautions were taken...

[LEMON-AID JAY]

No real concern if you happen to drag a wire rope across the odd rock or log....synthetic not at all without a sleeve of some sort for protection.
Precautions need to be taken for heating up the synthetic on the drum

Both of these concerns are not a problem with a kingone TDS line winch. The line comes with a sleeve and there is no heat in the drum with its cone style brake in fact it is the only true built for synthetic line winch on the market.

And UV rays do not damage the line but will fade the color. 

[JackstandJohnny]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I guess this debate is sort of like the chicken and the egg...no real right answer; just personal preference (with some good reasons to prefer each).

Jeff, heres a kicker for you


if you're gonna go wheelin, and get stuck, and go on a few 'winch fests'  then synthetic is VERY nice to have............... for the GUY PULLING YOUR LINE!

once upon a time, at an unmentioned place somewhere i had to pull line for some president's silver rubicon cause he decided he didn't wanna play 'roll the Rubicon'.  now, the weather sucked.  it was raining nonstop. we were on a steep hill. a slippery, steep hill. 
now, i'm not the most athletic member, i admit, but I/we could barely walk up this hill, let alone yank 100' of steel cable up it.  however, that silver rubi had synthetic, and i could haul that line up that slippery slope.

so long story short, i thinkg 100% if you can afford the synthetic, go for it.  when you have to spool it out and in, its 100% easier than the heavy steel line....... and us more 'husky' gentlemen will appreciate it all the more!

[Vinman]

 for the GUY PULLING YOUR LINE!

I have so many responses to that comment

You don't really appreciate synthetic line until you unspool 40 or 50 feet and then toss it up a hill for somebody else to catch and hook up.

Vince

[JackstandJohnny]

I have so many responses to that comment

You don't really appreciate synthetic line until you unspool 40 or 50 feet and then toss it up a hill for somebody else to catch and hook up.

Vince

its been so long since i've had my line pulled............. gettin married you know

[Immortal]

Fixed it for you.

once upon a time, at an unmentioned place somewhere i handed the line to some poor soul, who then proceeded to haul the line up the remainder of the hill for some president's silver rubicon cause he decided he didn't wanna play 'roll the Rubicon'.  now, the weather sucked.  it was raining nonstop. we were on a steep hill. a slippery, steep hill. 
now, i'm not the most athletic member, i admit.