Snatch Blocks

[p1michaud]

Snatch block and synthetic line

When i was shopping i was informed that the Warn block was not compatable with synthetic winch lines, whereas the ARB was. Any truth to this?

No 100% sure, what I had read is that any snatch block can be used as long as it's new (i.e. never seen a wire rope). The reasoning was that a used one may have rough/abraded surfaces that could damage your synthetic line. Made sense to me.

Cheers,
P

 

[TeriAnn]

Good enough for a 9500lb (& under) winch. Anything bigger (or double snatched) and you are over the working limit.

I usually source my recovery fittings from an industrial tractor supply company. Their stuff is designed for pulling much heavier loads than regular off road recovery gear is. It may be bulkier & heavier, but I feel a little bit safer using pulleys & D rings that folks with a Caterpillar D8 would use.

"Supersize the pulley please and I'll have fries with that"

 

[cruiseroutfit]

...ARB has re-designed their Snatch Block and call it the Snatch Block 9000 clicky...

The new snatch-block is really neat. When I first saw notice of them awhile back I didn't think much of it. It was a lighter than the others on the market, but big deal I thought. Well, when playing with them yesterday side by side with the older ARB unit as well as a couple of others I had... I really changed my mind, its light and stronger. Well thought out!

(NOT an advertisement, I don't care what snatchblock folks buy )