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Capt Jon, thanks a lot for all the information. It's good to get some first hand accounts.
At around -40 the rope still works pretty normally. Cable gets even stiffer. I can handle the cold a lot easier than I can heat, especially now.
Amsteel makes various grades of rope, I'm looking at...
I was hoping someone would chime in on that. If I can step the rope down a size I can put a whole lot more line on the winch, which would make the extra cost well worth it in that alone. So far I was planning on staying with the same size though unless someone with more experience chimes in...
My winch setup is in Georgia and my 5 ton is in Alaska. Since the setup is going on a trailer in a few months to go north anyway, I'm trying to get as many parts as I can together now instead of shipping them.
Has anyone put amsteel blue synthetic rope on their self recovery winch? My...