Elk Rope - What kind to buy?

[high country]

I have miles of 1800 and 2500lb muletape, it is good for low snag pulls. the problem is that in dry brush it snags on everything, it is also worthless on a capstan winch. for my cap winch I use 3/8 or 5/16" 3strand which is good for at least 3500lbs and stretches waaaaaaaaaay less. a 600ft hunk of mule tape can stretch to about a mile. one thing is for sure, something is better then nothing. if you can get your hands on a simpson capstan winch and 300' of rope.......life is good.

[Houndhunter]

mule tape is great, and you can make the meaniest knot out of it and it'll come back out like cake

[Old Mule]

I Packed many Elk out on my Back, That's why I need to roll out of bed onto the Floor to get up in the Morning, With Age comes Wisdom!  A Mag Hauler from Cabelas works great, 2 guys can load a whole Elk unless its to steep, then half an Elk works fine and you should still be able to stand up the next day.

[BULLBLASTER]

3/16 steel cable is the only way to go!!!!

[bow4elk]

What are you using?

a backpack...sorry i couldn't resist.

No sh_t...backpack man!!  Roping out elk - not by me.  That meat is too precious to yard over hill and dale with a winch and cable.    

[littlebuf]

i saw that you guys were talking chainsaw winches on here earlier if i had the extra right doe id buy this one, it looks pretty good

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/spo/1244509274.html

[high country]

i saw that you guys were talking chainsaw winches on here earlier if i had the extra right doe id buy this one, it looks pretty good

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/spo/1244509274.html

for hunting a capstan winch will beat that all around, lighter, faster and longer pulls. look up simpson capstan winch

[littlebuf]

this does look a lot lighter, is this what your referring to?

[high country]

I have that exact saw and winch. I have rescued several snowmobiles from the deep mountains and put many a critters in reach of the truck.......it's a great tool. I drilled a hole in my grip with the throttle where I like to run it and I can pin the throttle to free up my hands..........works sweet

[cornhuskid]

That... is cool.

"More power; that's my motto!"

[royalbull]

I've tried mule tape broke on five point bull not gutted might have worked had we gutted it but we wanted to do it when we got him to the road. Now have 2500 feet of 1/4 cable installed on a spool that plugs into trailer hitch. Only bad thing about it, is that it is heavy. I have a photo of it but can't figure out how to get it out of my photos, and onto an attachment.

[fishing is for fools]

    Does mule tape work with a Capstan?

[Kain]

When using a chainsaw winch I recommend attaching the winch near the animal.  When we first used ours we attached it to a stump at the top of the hill.  I was down with the animal guiding it over and around any obstructions and snags.  Was hard to communicate with the guy at the top of the hill when I need him to hold up.  But the next time we used it we had it attached to the animal and it worked awesome.

[high country]

    Does mule tape work with a Capstan?

no. it jumps the drum and makes a heck of a mess. use 5/16 or 3/8" rope. you can get a 300' hank that is light and typically less then a c-note for 4000lb rated rope

[royalbull]

If mule tape doesn't work then why do electricians use it to pull in their utilities