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Old 04-12-2014, 12:29 PM   #1
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how much rope for winch

here's a pic of my winch. it has a 10" wide drum dia is 9" with a 2 1/2" center. how much 3/8 wire rope will it need? 100' or 125?
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Old 04-12-2014, 10:53 PM   #2
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Re: how much rope for winch

I'll make a call to a wire rope place in OKC Monday, they have a puter program that will tell ya exactly how much. the drum on my holmes 440 wrecker is about the same size and I put 150' of 1/2" on it. I'll let ya know Monday eve. Coop
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Old 04-14-2014, 11:45 AM   #3
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Re: how much rope for winch

they emailed me a PDF file that shows how to figure the drum capacity. but its too big to upload, if you will PM me your email I'll send it to ya. Coop
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