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How about a 10,000 mile review next week? What would you like to hear about?

A Hi-lift is about 30-40lbs depending on which model you have. A short drum 6-9k winch with synthetic is about 40-50lbs. I wouldn't say that is a night and day difference in weight. Some of the new 'big' UTV winches are pushing 5500lb weight ratings and are only about 25lbs. I've 'winched'...

I would debate that, especially if your hi-lift kit has enough gear in it to do the old 'winching' with a hi-lift thing.

The Toyota mechanical 'bottle' jacks don't have any oil in them. They don't leak anything. You can also use them sideways and upside down if you need to.

One of the biggest issues with off road jacks is that there doesn't seem to be a good safe all in one solution. A jack that can lift from the bumpers or rockers won't work if you need to lift something under the vehicle like the axle, transfer case, or transmission.

I modified my toyota unit with a spark plug socket to replace the 'hook'. I can lift the vehicle with a cordless drill (or impact) very easily and quickly. I've got a few other things I want to try, but that is my favorite system to far.

I completely agree that a Hi-lift is dangerous, but honestly I don't see THAT much more safety in a hydraulic jack. They rely on hydraulic pressure seals just as much as the hi-lift relies on the joggle-pin system. My personal choice is a mechanical Toyota 'bottle' jack system. That is the...

Or cost.....ooooooouch.

I'm curious. Are you having issues with units failing? Most of the soft shackle issues I see are from pulling around hard corners. Synthetic shackles need a D/d ratio of 1.5-2x rope diameter ( bend or corner radius ) to provide the full strength.

Synthetic rigging products are about safety generally, the light weight is WHY they are safe. You have less stored energy if something where to fail. All the other bonuses are just cherries on top. -No worry about handling injuries -Very few issues with spooling damage -Easy to repair in the...

I will admit, that is one of the better winch cables I have seen in a while, especially one 18 years old. Good job on taking such good care of it I do still see the memory factor with it stretched out on the ground, it only gets worse on the tighter layers on the drum in my experience. I also...

Oh please. Now it's all about everything but the actual topic. You came into the thread with one sentence replies about how everybody was wrong with no actual explanation of why. Please. You got called out on it and now you don't have any tech to back up what you said.

Go ahead. I'll take some pics of the piles of steel cable I have pulled off all my winches all snarled up.

My hands wish they would have applied the same stringent standards to the long lines I had to handle a lot. At least we finally got some synthetic lines before I left.

I appologize. You can call me out and belittle multiple people, but we aren't allowed to retort. My bad. So you are saying you limited experience and have never had a situation , or been in a one, that went sideways. That clarifies things a lot for me. I'd like to live in a world where...

No child....so sorry.... At a minimum in VERY simplistic terms you should have a dampener on every portion of WORKING line. For example, if you are rigged with a snatch block you should have a dampner on EACH section of the line. One on the line from the winch to the block, and one on the line...

Your steel winch cable must be worth a billion dollars because I have NEVER worked with a steel cable that doesn't have any residual memory in it that caused looping, snarls, or kinking under no tension. This is doubly so for a winch cable that spends the majority of its life on a small...

It is for those actually contributing to the thread and not just typing a few words of junk.

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I use synthetic on my winch(s) because it is SAFER, not because it is easier to deal with. You don't have to worry about cutting your hands or when your last tetanus shot was. You don't have to worry about it snarling or looping when pulling it off the drum under no tension, or in no-tension...