Looking for Good Winch Rope

ILwake12 · Faceplant Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 21 City: Milliken

With the winch season coming up i wanted to get some new rope for my winch, i have 7/64th amsteel rope on there but had problems of breakage with deep water starts farther than 200-300 feet, does anyone have 600 feet of bulletline or straightline for sale before i buy brand new stuff?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

this stuff is real cheap http://www.seattlemarine.net/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=9374#index

ILwake12 · Faceplant Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 21 City: Milliken

yeah i have the amsteel, but have had lots of problems with it breaking when deep water starting my 190lb body

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

Montgomery, ?

is that a bad choice? i was being serious......its like 600 feet for 84 bucks

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

Gnarly Dancer 42, no not at all that's what I use too and I love it but in his 1st post he said he already had the 7/64" and was having problems with it that's what the lol was for Wink

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

oooh

yeah i guess i just ignored that part Smash

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

lol

DVSKATE · Backside 180 Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 654 City: IL

you trying to pull houses?

ILwake12 · Faceplant Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 21 City: Milliken

DVSKATE, at the end of last summer the 7/64 amsteel would keep breakin on deep water starts going across my buddy's pond, and if i got some rope that would pull across that we could drop a couple rails in, thanks Montgomery i'll prob give the 1/8th amsteel a try unless bulletline still sells the 600'

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

Yeah they still sell it but it would be cheaper to go with amsteel but if price isn't an issue . . . . . .

ILwake12 · Faceplant Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 21 City: Milliken

dscsk8er55, thank for the link, i couldn't find the 600' spool on there website to save my life, Montgomery, everywhere i've checked for 600' 1/8 amsteel (seattlemarine, go2marine, etc) it would be still be cheaper for the bulletline

Macthc · Frontside 180 Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 269 City: RDG

I'm still trying to figure out how your rope broke on a deep water start.. like I know your a bit heavier of a guy but I mean... the rope actually snaps? Now I don't know what you guys are doing but try checking out what your drivers doing.. Is he just slamming down the throttle and when all the slack is gone its at a high speed when trying to start you?

I'm not sure if that makes any sense but its just a thought.

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

ILwake12, For some reason I was thinking 600' of Bulletline was $300 . . . Oh I must have been thinking about the 1000'

Steven M · Posted: Apr 01, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject:

If you are going with the bullet lines, you might as well shell out an extra $50 and buy two of the 600ft rolls.

600ft @ $174.99 = 3.49 a foot

1000ft @ $299.99 = 3.33 a foot

1200ft @ $349.98 = 3.42 a foot.

ILwake12 · Faceplant Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 21 City: Milliken

Macthc, the driver made sure the rope was tight before giving it throttle and numerous times it would just snap

Steven M, totally would but the funds aren't that large for a college kid right now