landrover598 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Anybody know of a UK supplier of UHMW hawse faileads ? All i can find at the moment is American stuff and some of them have quoted silly prices for shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 they're carp avoid avoid!!! Fine where your rope never get muddy/wet add these to the mix =worn out fairlead Tonk was making SS ones a while ago and very nice they are too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 My winch will only get used once a month max, probably once every few months, so i'm not too concerned about wear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I looked at this before Tonk came to the rescue eBay in the states even had off-cuts of the stuff to mill your own. Never really got anywhere with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsr341 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 is this what you are after ? may be ok for occasional use , but has sum wear as you can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istruggle2gate11 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Anybody know of a UK supplier of UHMW hawse faileads ?All i can find at the moment is American stuff and some of them have quoted silly prices for shipping Are we talking plastics here? as in Ultra High Molecular Weight Poly Ethylene (UHMWPE)? If so it an be bought very cheaply from your local plastic suppliers mine is Kiowa you could then have one machined to your own PERFECTING! design. Just a thought, might be off track here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 is this what you are after ? may be ok for occasional use , but has sum wear as you can see Thats quite impressive Was that done with steel or plasma rope ? I'm going to be getting winch web so it should spread out any wear on the fairlead They are only £14 in the states so i think it's worth a try at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsr341 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 that was done with steel rope by the previous owner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 Fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I would have thought glass filled nylon would have been a better option for a hawse? What's wrong with Al or SS? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 What's wrong with Al or SS? Too expensive for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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