Sounds like an exaggerated story, there is no way you would get enough mud in there to prevent unspooling. Wet cable or synthetic freezing together happens, but synthetic actually breaks free easier because it flexes way easier than steel. The same theory should apply to mud dried on.
i agree 100% i have heard that if your synthetic cable is wet after a ride you should unspool entire cable and allow to dry because theres a chance the cable can weaken from staying wet
Water will not weaken it, the fibers don't absorb water, it would only stay between the strands. That in no way will weaken it. Abrasions an constant exposure to UV light would be the only real way to weaken it. Possibly some kind of chemical probably would eat it since it is a plastic, but has and oil seem to have no effect.
that makes allot of sense 👍 thanks for the info
I have had just the opposite experience. I have never had my synthetic winch ropes break using them many years for plowing. And generally broke steel cables 3 times a winter then they got replaced with synthetic rope, problem solved.
That is completely wrong. Synthetic is far superior to steel for plowing. That's one of the biggest selling points. A steel cable will break before synthetic of equivalent capacity. Each time you stress the steel by winching in a bit too far, that steel stretches, and remains stretched until it finally snaps. Synthetic will stretch, then return to its original size.
yes ive broken steel alot also when the ends old in the end syn would be easyer to deal with on the trail id say tie it in a knot is easy in a pinch
