I forgot to mention something tangential, pro synthetic.: Initially I replaced all trailer winch wire with the wide black winching straps. To avoid the dangerous kinking of wire strands. But since I learned about Dyneema I also use Dyneema on my trailer winch drum instead of the old black webbing strap.
And that has an interesting and most welcome side effect.: The winching force goes down noticeably. Why?: With the old wide straps, the drum fills up quickly, and the winching purchase goes down. To a point where the winching force (on the handle) can become unbearable. (Happened to me last week while trying to winch up a neighbours water-filled Lugger.)
By comparison, using 5-6mm Dyneema instead of the wide webbing strap fills the drum much slower, so the winch loses purchase much less in the process of winching up the boat.
-Hope I made myself clear enough . C
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