Breaking and Repairing Synthetic Winch Line

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.

[ripnandtearing]

Cool I found this video and thought I wonder if this is O'Neal rally school!!!Bingo!

[ifster]

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.

[DependableAutoTruck]

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

[CRWSHS]

Splicing that without a fid is going to be rough.

[jake-mvoi]

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.

[outspokeninsider]

Sweet DIY frame-straightening rig. ;-)

Knowing 20 or more knots should be required to obtain your man card. So useful in many situations.

[jeffreykcarlin]

Debating between replacing my steel cable with synthetic and found this video. Good stuff.

[johnventers]

Another good one. Clearly described.
Thanks.

[mrad]

That was great- sharing with friends. Thank you

[stewartj]

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.

[danielminchev]

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.

[macmurfyjka]

Ha! Bleedin Jeep just made a video on this!