ron45

I need some please.

The one time I unwound the rope on my new 12k lb. Badlands winch it was a a problem to get it spooled up again. How ever there wasn't much tension on the line at the time. Even if I pull my Cherokee up a small grade in our driveway I have trouble imagining how it would go from one side to the other neatly. I did get it wound up that on time but to get it out again I had to remove two of the rods that hold the thing together because it would not remain wound on the spool from the first rewind.
1. Will the tension from the jeep do that automatically?

2. will the rope try to unwind itself again?

Ron

caged

yeah it should wind neatly as long as you have some tension on the line. are you using steel or synthetic line, and do you have a roller fairlead or hawse fairlead? roller for steel, hawse for synthetic.

you should be able to get it wound neatly with just holding the wire by hand. if you have steel cable, be sure to always use gloves.

the other thing i have done in the past was go to a parking lot and hook to another vehicle or tree or whatever is strong enough, and with a couple clicks on my parking brake, winch the jeep up to the anchor point, making sure the cable is laying nicely.

i've also hooked to a cinder block or heavy object if i had nothing around in the yard, and drag that in while laying the cable neatly.

andrewmp6

Caged hit the nail on the head.

ron45

Thanks it's steel and rollers. I appreciate the help. As usual I was overthinking the process. And Yes He did Andrewmp6

andrewmp6

andrewmp6

ron45

Gentlemen and possible ladies, thank you. If a pic is worth a thousand words, one that is moving is worth a thousand beers..... are they cold enough? Got some Sierra Blanca Nut Brown if you like dark and tasty. help your self ..... what? Scotty!!! dammit, he promised me he'd beam those right over........ Rats!! Spock sez he's looking for more power.... single malt maybe....

In the mean time please except my gratitude for sharing your hard earned knowlege w/me.

Ron

andrewmp6

Get on youtube and search bleepinjeep he has a lot of videos about everything xj you can dream of.

ron45

Thanks Andrew, I got over there today and am impressed, great stuff.

Ron

hillbilly slim

Ya that bleepinjeep is a good guy, and he is funny at times. That girl that works on her cherokee and posts on youtube is good stuff, and a bit sexy too... How can you go wrong with a woman wrenching!!! But really guys if you want a wench that has "zero" problems rolling up:

bad_idea

I need that. What is the WLL? Do they have an 8k model?

caged

nope. they only have a 3M model. lol