Nah, nobody 'borrows' mine -I'll occasionally go and haul something out of a tricky position but I don't trust others with kit like this.
I have 50m rope - long enough for my needs. I also bought the 'nose cone'; it helps a lot in scrubby woodland where logs can get really snagged on stuff like bramble. I use a chocking chain at the log end to save the rope and shackles rubbing along the ground. Other than that all my kit is from 4x4 recovery days - all rated so I know its limits. The snatch block/pulley is useful when you are on the load limit; it easily doubles your pulling capacity at the cost of speed of winching, or it allows an offset pull when there's not a clear line to haul the stuff out along.
I have 50m rope - long enough for my needs. I also bought the 'nose cone'; it helps a lot in scrubby woodland where logs can get really snagged on stuff like bramble. I use a chocking chain at the log end to save the rope and shackles rubbing along the ground. Other than that all my kit is from 4x4 recovery days - all rated so I know its limits. The snatch block/pulley is useful when you are on the load limit; it easily doubles your pulling capacity at the cost of speed of winching, or it allows an offset pull when there's not a clear line to haul the stuff out along.
