Spooling Synthetic (with pics)

[DamMan]

Thank You Kris

 

[Eventhough]

Is there another way to attach the rope to a drum that has the drum link bolt? Somewhere I saw a method that ran the rope thru a hole in the drum and then a length of rope along the drum. I am concerned about the link bolt creating an abrasion point but my Warn winch doesn't have a hole in the drum so I am looking for a third alternative.

There are several different attachment methods for putting synthetic line on a winch drum. You have the terminal end bolt, or run the line through a pre-made hole in the drum and knot, or what opie describes above which is what I prefer because it works on basically any winch drum. The only thing I change is I use Gorilla Tape to attach the winch line to the drum (I love that stuff) and I also run my tail piece almost the full length of the drum to get extra wraps over it. The downside to a longer tail piece is you have to keep an eye on the total number of wraps you have on the drum but I can deal with that and actually prefer it because if you get lax with your wraps you might not have enough on a short tail piece.

:beer:

 

[Dgurley2000]

I am concerned about the link bolt creating an abrasion point but my Warn winch doesn't have a hole in the drum so I am looking for a third alternative.

I had this same concern and used Kris' method.

 

[opie]

There are several different attachment methods for putting synthetic line on a winch drum. You have the terminal end bolt, or run the line through a pre-made hole in the drum and knot, or what opie describes above which is what I prefer because it works on basically any winch drum. The only thing I change is I use Gorilla Tape to attach the winch line to the drum (I love that stuff) and I also run my tail piece almost the full length of the drum to get extra wraps over it. The downside to a longer tail piece is you have to keep an eye on the total number of wraps you have on the drum but I can deal with that and actually prefer it because if you get lax with your wraps you might not have enough on a short tail piece.

:beer:

You could still do this and just put some sort of mark 5.5" away from the drum wall on the side you are going to start spooling.

 

[Eventhough]

Good idea as a backup to counting the wraps.