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The attachment to the drum is something that needs to be thought about. Not properly spooling the line under tension will generally lead to this kind of failure. There are some winches that are better or worse for the attachment of the line to the drum. If this was taken into account by the MFG...

Technically, you can SPLICE both back together. You don't want to tie either one. The benefit goes to synthetic line in my opinion because you can splice it with a sharp pocket knife and an improvised fid made from a ball point pen. So splice steel cable you generally need a tool to cut the...

I haven't seen anything covering soft shackles specifically. The concept came out of the marine industry. There has been some good testing in those circles on the different designs. I haven't seen anything as far as a code goes. All the standard rope inspection guidelines still apply to the...

ASME B30.9-2018: Slings It covers some non-metallic devices used for overhead lifting. There are things that are on the 'fringe' that are not covered by 'code'. Like most overhead rigging code however, the FOS is crazy conservative generally. As an example. Most steel 5/16" winch cable is...

I've ruined a lot more steel winch lines over the years than synthetic winch lines. I have used both a lot. Again, I get the feeling you haven't used synthetic lines? Use what makes you feel comfortable, but posting up actual experience would be more helpful.....not just rumor and conjecture.

Have you ever run synthetic line and soft shackles or are you just repeating internet rumor? I've had the same synthetic line on the old winch on the flat fender for over 7+ years now. I haven't done anything special to it. It still works as well as day 1. That line has been all over the...

Having OEM axle yokes cut to accept a full circle snap ring really helps retention. Most alloy shafts are cut this way also. The newer Spicer 760X joints are a very good unit for the money ( with full circle clips I think they will fail an alloy 27 spline shaft first ) The grand CV shafts...

The internal air version is very compact. I haven't hit it in a LOT of trail miles. A guard could always be added. It might be better just to use a $3 nylon air brake line fitting and have that be the weak point if you did manage to stuff something up in there. I do agree the cable and electric...

Yup, lots of people running ARB lockers. They are a solid product, I have just fallen out of love with them now that there are other options. They do still make them for a LOT of different axles that you cannot get an OX locker for yet ( but most of the common stuff is covered ). That is their...

The Toyota factory E-lockers like I have use a 12V motor to wind a clock spring basically. They are not electro-magnetic like most of the new e-locker designs.

I like the idea/concept of the ARB air locker ( and the Yukon Zip locker ) , but I migrated over to the Ox Locker with the internal air shift solenoid in the cover. Getting away from the rotating high pressure seals that you can't really repair in the field made the most sense to me. I know...

What failed on the locker?

And? We should design vehicles for that ONE condition? I've been on roads so slick that if you stopped the WIND moved the vehicle sideways....no hill needed. It literally required driving at an angle to the road to go 'straight'. Good times. I would still go into those kind of road conditions...

One thing I have noticed is that when climbing (with weight transfer to the rear), I need a rear locker less. The rear tires seems to stay planted pretty well. The front on the other hand, because of weight transfer, will typically be the first to lift a tire on steep climbs. If the front is...

This is worth talking about. If you could only have ONE locker, which end axle would you stick it in? Personally, I would put it in the FRONT axle ( and I would honestly choose an automatic locker in most every case, but I think that would be pretty clear by now ) Anyone want to talk about...

I kinda want them to be able to break the crust/glaze in certain situations when snow wheeling. That would be the only real reason I would think about running them. The 'grip-stud' option I posted earlier would be what I would try. Yeah, I have never really 'needed' studs on a 4wd. They would...

That I can agree with. There is no doubt that studs are 'better' for very bad ice conditions. I just haven't had enough of those conditions, in all my years, to warrant a dedicated set of studded snow tires on one of my 4wd vehicles. The same goes for chains. When conditions get THAT bad (...

Sure. That must have been why there where people falling off the road everywhere with just about every combo of drive/tire possible. Those people must just like giving tow truck drivers money and trashing their vehicles for no real reason.

Oh no, it wasn't that at all. This was the 'the road was a little warm during the day, then it started snow/raining, it melted on the road, and then froze into a solid layer of ice when the sun went down under the continuing snow fall' kind of ice. This was NOT a hammer down road surface. There...

Preach! It is about balance. We get 4 seasons here, I want the best all-around off-road vehicle I can get. I would love to have a dedicated set of snow tires, but in the 25 years I have been driving in snow country I haven't REALLY needed them. It would be a fun experiment, or a little extra...