not much of a post but i learned this weekend that doing a neat and tidy rolling of sythetic winch line is not a good idea. under pull sytetic can work its way down into the roll and get stuck between other cords. wire cant do this because it cant deform its shape. i had a neatly wound reel and ended up with only 15 feet usable on my first pull because it was jammed in there so tight that i couldn't pull it out.