I'm running a Powerplant with 90' of 5/16" Viking Fireline with the safety thimble and HD line protector, 10'. It pulls through a Shrockworks aluminum fairlead.
I don't care for the combo line because there is a splice between the two. If it's done right, OK. If not, are you willing to risk it?
On the fairlead...
Yes, you can run a roller with synth line, but if you have to do a weird pull it *might* get hung or drag between the rollers, not good. Plus you lose the weight of the rollers with the hawse and if you mash the rollers on rocks it may render them useless.
There are also UHMW (delrin?) fairleads out there, cheap and they won't gouge like alum will.
On the thimble, it works great. I've had many a pull with it, be it vehicles or tree limbs after an ice storm. It can't be pulled through the fairlead (too big), you won't mash your hands or fingers unless you're doing something you shouldn't, and it looks way cool. I can't count the times I've gotten the "WTF is that?"
I don't care for the combo line because there is a splice between the two. If it's done right, OK. If not, are you willing to risk it?
On the fairlead...
Yes, you can run a roller with synth line, but if you have to do a weird pull it *might* get hung or drag between the rollers, not good. Plus you lose the weight of the rollers with the hawse and if you mash the rollers on rocks it may render them useless.
There are also UHMW (delrin?) fairleads out there, cheap and they won't gouge like alum will.
On the thimble, it works great. I've had many a pull with it, be it vehicles or tree limbs after an ice storm. It can't be pulled through the fairlead (too big), you won't mash your hands or fingers unless you're doing something you shouldn't, and it looks way cool. I can't count the times I've gotten the "WTF is that?"
