I finally spent the money on a good winch line and it saved my buddy's truck

I always ran the cheap steel cable on my winch because it was like $60 versus $200 for synthetic. Last month during a mud run near Austin my cable snapped under load and whipped back at my friend's front bumper. It put a dent in his fender and nearly took out his headlight (thankfully nobody got hurt). I picked up a synthetic line from a local shop the next day for $180 and it's way easier to handle too. Has anyone else had a winch line fail on them or am I just lucky it wasn't worse?

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fox.jesse7d ago

You ever had that moment where you hear the cable groan and think "this is it"? I've had steel cable snap twice on me... once took out a tail light on my own rig. Switched to synthetic after that and never looked back. The peace of mind alone is worth the extra hundred bucks, plus you don't have to worry about it whipping around like a snake when it goes. Sounds like you dodged a real bad situation there.