Breaking and Repairing Synthetic Winch Line
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Join us in observing what happens when a synthetic winch line breaks, and look at a few simple ways to repair the line trailside. This video was done with dyneema line, any other synthetic lines may behave in different ways.
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Nice to know about the figure 8 as a possibility. Would have been great to see the same test with a really powerful winch. Pull till something lets go.
Cool I found this video and thought I wonder if this is O'Neal rally school!!!Bingo!
have watched many repair videos and had wondered how strong it would be without the burry. i see most taper all the way down to 1 strand but yankum rope only goes down to 4 when they taper
Debating between replacing my steel cable with synthetic and found this video. Good stuff.
Good to know about the strength of the figure 8. My old 5/16" winch line recently broke after about 10 years of wheeling. I've been turning it into winch extensions and it was super easy to do a deep bury eye splice using nothing but a cheap ball point pen and duct tape. Definitely possible on the trails.
Another good one. Clearly described.
Thanks.
That was great- sharing with friends. Thank you
great video
Splicing that without a fid is going to be rough.
Sweet DIY frame-straightening rig. ;-)
Knowing 20 or more knots should be required to obtain your man card. So useful in many situations.
Do you ever know 20? I’m really adept at knots an I don’t even think I’ve got working memory of that many. Though, understanding the fundamentals of designing knots, I’m sure I could come up with that many given a few hours. Do braids, weaves, splices, and lashings count? If so, I know way more than 20.
Need to know 20? Ok turbo
Great stuff, hope to see more :)
Whats happening with the channel ?
Wyatt leaves and the channel dies...
Hi, @trailcraft Another nice video, very helpful info as always. Are you planning to do: Offroading in snow videos? Generally, I'm very enthusiastic about offroad snow driving, but there isn't much information anywhere, mostly is driving on flat snowy roads at higher speeds.
That's the plan! We just got a few inches here but once we have a little more snow (and some time to get out there) we'll definitely do some winter off roading
@@TrailCraft Sweet! Can't wait to see it
I’ve always thought a clove hitch would be good to use, being as it’s a hitch and not a knot, it should keep more than 50% of the line strength. Of course not for a situation like this but only to shorten a winch extension or something, like if you had to use a hi lift as a winch and only had a winch extension rope and no chain to adjust the length you need.
In the Navy, the bowline know was king and is still great maintaining roughly 70% to 75% of the line strength. When I got out and took a rescue course I went straight to the trusty bowline. The instructor said the bowline is good but the figure 8 maintains 75% to 80% of the line strength and we were required to use it for fast safe anchor points. Most any bend in a line weakens it to some extent based on the size of the rope, size of the bend... Anyway, in class we discussed hitches vs knots and the instructor told us that the magic number for the ropes we were using was either 3" or 4" on the anchor point. Anything smaller than that weakened the rope, especially if you get down to the size of a shackle or carabiner. He said to keep things simple and just stick with the figure 8. Quick, strong, easy. The 50% line strength mentioned in the video gives a good safety margin to estimate remaining strength, especially in an older line that has already been heavily stressed.
How to tie a figure eight knot.
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Ha! Bleedin Jeep just made a video on this!
True.. But I genraly prefer wyats teaching style so to me at least this video was still worth my time at least.
@@johnventers5128 eh, I think Mat did this better even if his splicing technique didn’t seem as good.