Posted: 12/27/2025 4:05:21 PM EDT
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I inherited my father in laws quad, so this year have been using it to plow the driveway. He has replaced the original winch with a badlands harbor freight unit. It works, however the original hook has been replaced and the cable shortened a bit. Anyway the cable is beat up and has some fraying. I can only find on HF site the synthetic winch rope. The plow is the only thing it is used for. Question is, how is the synthetic rope wit stuff like road salt and water. Will it deteriorat or last say 5 or more years? Might just replace the entire winch, currently works but is noisy. Not sure how well he maintained the winch. I will venture to say the original was a warn. He purchased the quad brand new to plow his driveway that's it. |
| If you're only using it to plow, 25' of 3/16" cable will suffice. Exchange the cable that way if it's the winch which is faulty, you don't have money into it. |
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On mine, mechanical wear on the synthetic cable was a much bigger issue than aging and salt/dirt. Sounds like that's probably the case with the steel cable you have as well. A tiny part of the cable bears all the abuse from the pulley/fairlead, and the synthetic cable just simply wore through. I just pulled out another 5 feet of fresh cable and knotted the hook back on and was back in business. |
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Originally Posted By seek2: On mine, mechanical wear on the synthetic cable was a much bigger issue than aging and salt/dirt. Sounds like that's probably the case with the steel cable you have as well. A tiny part of the cable bears all the abuse from the pulley/fairlead, and the synthetic cable just simply wore through. I just pulled out another 5 feet of fresh cable and knotted the hook back on and was back in business. |
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I have used synthetic rope and steel cable. I like the rope for off road rescues as it can be tied back onto it's self if it breaks. The cable seems to last longer for repetition like using a plow. I have sen some places that use a strap (flatter and possibly better wear for plowing). Don't forget the synthetic rope uses a different fairlead and the wire uses a roller fairlead. Mike |
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I much prefer synthetic line over steel line. I don’t mind replacing it more frequently. Funny thing though, the only line I’ve had issues with was steel. Synthetic keeps working. I have a couple I’ll probably replace in the next year or so just to be on the safe side. When you need a winch for extraction, you REALLY need it. For running a snow plow, cutting and reattaching it wouldn’t bother me a bit. |
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