Good day everyone, I just picked up a used Norse 400 skidding winch which I need to put new cable on it. There is only 60 ft of 3/8 cable on it now. I will use this for skidding but also directional felling which I would like to put about 150 ft on. The book shows it will handle up to 200 ft which is more than needed. The book shows the cable as steel wire rope. My question is there any difference between steel wire rope and plain braided steel cable? I have been using a Farmi JL 304 for years with braided cable that has worked great other than the cable fraying which is hard on the hands. Any ideas on this will be greatly appreciated.
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Curious about this myself as to whether there is something special about these cables so they will wind on the drum without kinking. Are some more resistant to fraying? Do the ones with the user replaceable swaged ends require a particular cable?
Sawyer Rob
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Actually, what people call cable, is REALLY wire rope! Different name for the same thing.
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Here is some additional information on wire rope versus braided steel cable. When I read braided cable this is what I was reminded of. This information is from the Riggers Handbook/ Broderick & Bascom. These braided cables were used for lifting locomotives and a lot of other applications. It is lighter weight and flexible versus a stiff heavy wire rope of a much larger size. If I remember correctly the locomotive lift used 4 endless slings in baskets, with 2 spreader bars and 1.25 dia. braided cable. It forms around the 4 lifting hooks nicely. Just some information.
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Buy your cable from an outfit that sells winches like Labonville
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A long while ago I bought a used winch from a guy who worked for the power company. He used the wire rope they used for guy wires. Terrible stuff - way to stiff. You want 6 strands made up of fine wire with the 6 strands wrapped on a core also made up of fine wire.gg
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A long while ago I bought a used winch from a guy who worked for the power company. He used the wire rope they used for guy wires. Terrible stuff - way to stiff. You want 6 strands made up of fine wire with the 6 strands wrapped on a core also made up of fine wire.gg
