Taking care of your pickup includes periodic inspection of the winch and the winch cable or rope. Synthetic winch rope is easy to inspect if you know what to look for when it comes to potential ...

If you use synthetic rope on your winch, there are some things you should do to ensure the safety, functionality, and lifespan the winch rope. The number one killer of synthetic rope is abrasion, ...

Task: The rescue team shall grasp how to determine when its winches can and can’t be used based on the condition of their wire rope Wire rope is the steel cable that can be found on rescue winches and ...

Modifying your winch to handle synthetic winch line requires a few simple steps because it’s not like cable. Synthetic winch line is as strong as its wire counterpart, yet much easier to work with ...

Wire cable versus synthetic winch rope? It's a question for the ages—but not really. The answer is pretty simple and boils down to what you want from your winch. Are you a recreational user or someone ...

Task: The rescue team shall establish winch skills and competencies that can be used when responding to incidents with a vehicle that has a rescue winch. In Part 1 of our Winch Operations Skills ...