by geeves » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:12 pm
Dynamica etc looses a lot of strength at around 70C Most low mount winches have the brake mounted inside the drum and will get that hot if you use the winch to lower your wagon down a hill or power the cable out any distance. A couple of the brand name winches have a cone brake which is outside the drum which overcomes this but you pay 3 times as much for the winch. I also believe there is a brand of winch rope that has the first 5 meters made of a different rope to also overcome this.
Im useing steel as this came with the winch and Im a cheapskate. I also got a very cheap spare new cable on trademe
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them