Winch rope question

[Chubba]

Is it best to wind your synthetic rope on all nice and square and tidy or to wind it on criss cross and random?????

[threedogs]

Fisrt layer tight then random, well thats how I did mine

[Winnie]

Yeah, I do one neatly in a roll, then cross straight over twice, then neat... Etc

[mudski]

Yeah, I do one neatly in a roll, then cross straight over twice, then neat... Etc
Same here. Left to right in neat way. Only issue with this is if you use the winch and dont pull the entire length of rope out, when the rope is under stress it pulls through the rest of the coiled rope on the drum. If you get what i mean. If i had room i would criss cross it may be. Dunno....

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[Chubba]

Fisrt layer tight then random, well thats how I did mine

Yes I think that sounds good.
Cheers fellas.

[MudRunnerTD]

Neat layer then full crisis cross a couple of times then neat layer then full criss cross a couple of times and so on. Using this technique will stop the rope being embedded into the spool layers.

[Winnie]

Neat layer then full crisis cross a couple of times then neat layer then full criss cross a couple of times and so on. Using this technique will stop the rope being embedded into the spool layers.
Yep this is the bloke I learned that from =)