SgtMikey

Has anyone ever run Daystars replacement rollers for winch ropes on a roller fairlead?

Thanks,
Mikey

MBATF

Yes sir.

They are great and economical.

kidjeep

Those are $40 and for about $50-55 you can have a nice low profile aluminum hawse fairlead!?

Am I missing something MBATF?

Locklain

I'm just taking a longshot at this but I would have to think the aluminum fairleads would cause a synthetic recovery line to wear fast than the plastic. Replacing the plastic rollers would be cheaper than replacing a synthetic rope.

kidjeep

Well, I bought a billet fairlead for $55 designed for synthetic rope

SquareLJ

I've always like the roller look over the hawse...but thats just personal preference.

SgtMikey

I guess I should have explained myself better on these. I already have the Hawse but the Roller would give me better mounting options for a place to mount a front license plate on the Fabfour bumper.

Obviously I dont want to throw on a regular roller using the rope so I wanted to find out if anyone had actually used the Daystar replacement rollers before dropping the dollars on them!

Thanks all,
Mikey

bigbluejk

I think if you are making a side pull the roller would be nice.

wayoflife

exactly. i use rollers with a synth line and mainly because of it's advantages when doing side pulls. having said that, if you have brand new rollers that have not been used with steel rope, they will be fine with synth and you will not need to replace them.

bigbluejk

I personally think that steel unused rollers are the better option, the poly ones just don't seem strong enough. I have never used them though. I am glad you brought rollers up, cause I think most guys think if you run synth. you have to run a hawse. I have even heard a couple 'necks around here claiming that a synth line will hang up in a roller. not true at all.

Are you using poly or steel rollers wol?