Winch fairleads

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Anakreon
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Does the forum vote for roller or non-roller (slide) fairleads and for what reason :?:

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Re: Winch fairleads

Anakreon wrote:
Does the forum vote for roller or non-roller (slide) fairleads and for what reason :?:

steel cable=roller fairlead
synthetic = alloy or stainless steel hawse

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Re: Winch fairleads

peter perfect wrote:
Anakreon wrote:
Does the forum vote for roller or non-roller (slide) fairleads and for what reason :?:

steel cable=roller fairlead
synthetic = alloy or stainless steel hawse

You can use hawse with steel cable as well.. but the material is different, like the one that they make hamers :)

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Re: Winch fairleads

kernel wrote:
peter perfect wrote:
Anakreon wrote:
Does the forum vote for roller or non-roller (slide) fairleads and for what reason :?:

steel cable=roller fairlead
synthetic = alloy or stainless steel hawse

You can use hawse with steel cable as well.. but the material is different, like the one that they make hamers :)

true but will eventually cut groove in hawse, so does synthetic in aluminium, stainless is better but much more expensive.