Do you have any idea how it stacks up cost wise compared
to wire rope?
i.e. twice, three. four times as expensive??
Thanks.


At 22:36 28 July 2003, Craig Freeman wrote:
We recently converted from 3/16 7x9 cable to 3/16 plasma
rope on our winch.
'Plasma', made from Honeywell 'Spectra' fiber, seems
to have some real
advantages over wire or cable. Some benifits include
light weight, 11.48lbs
per thousand, (that's not much even converted to metric!!),
hollow braid
(no twisting), 5000 lb breaking strength (that a lot
even converted to
metric!!), 25% increase in launch heights. We operate
from asphalt and
it seems to be holding up wery well. Expensive? Yes!
However in our
environment it promises to far outlast steel which
would make it cheaper
in the long run plus the added benifits. Sorry this
sounds like a commerical
I was just so tired of that !@#$@#^# wire. If anyone
else has any experience
with this stuff is there anything we should be looking
out for?

Happy Winching,
Craig-