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Message: [QUOTE="TrickTruck, post: 1079337, member: 6044"] I've had this synthetic rope here for a while now and finally got around to installing it. Wish I'd done it sooner. It's so light it's amazing and the fact that it's plastic means I can throw it up on the hood and not worry about damaging the paint. [ATTACH=full]142737[/ATTACH] note: this didn't work as well as I'd hoped as the truck is well waxed and the rope tended to slide around as I was moving the truck. Maybe drape it over one of the wings next time. Todd over at custom splice suggested the 'knot' method on the 6th wrap. I was able to get this to work and I think it's a great idea to keep the line from pulling off the drum and it works great. More on this later... So I got it to a good spot, hooked up to a big tree, set the ebrake and started a nice long pull to wind the cable. [ATTACH=full]142738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]142739[/ATTACH] I think the fairlead looks a lot better than the roller unit. I wasn't too sure how it would react to the curve on the bumper, but I just tightened the bolts down and it bowed to match the bumper. I don't like the Yellow hook, so I've got to paint that, but otherwise I think this was a nice upgrade. [ATTACH=full]142740[/ATTACH] Got the fairlead and synthetic line from [url=http://www.customsplice.com/]Custom Splice[/url], there were a few problems with the order, but they did a good job of straightening them out and all is good here. [/QUOTE]

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