Badlands 5000lb Winch Synthetic Rope Upgrade *easy install*

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[@WBOS72]

Excellent job Jason.

[@troynoall793]

Nice upgrade. 😋

[@wcaloffroad4335]

Once fully spooled, does it look like you can fit a longer rope?

[@defiant4698]

After taking my steel cable off I used emery cloth on the spool and put a hause fairlead on. I didn't want any burs rubbing on the new synthetic.

[@commonsensehomestead]

Pretty funny. During your moostache routine the YT algorithm interpreted moostache as monistat and provided me a commercial for a yeast infection

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

😂😂😂

[@Honestandtruth]

You two are Great working together.... unlike me and my partner 😳

[@Pauly_______]

You can make a molly hogan on steel cable. That would actually be a good video to show people how if you are in a pinch.

[@Howardhandupme]

Better options is you take wire cable and spool out till you come to good area. Then take two 4x4 boards and pinch wire between them. Tightly. Then use winch to to respool wire. The wood gets against fairlead and it'll unkink wire. I fix my wrecker cable like this. But synthetic rope is best option. I have on all my winches.

[@enginefreak454]

Make sure to forget that steel cable in the lawn its fun to grt out of the mower blades

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

😂😂😂

[@scottnichols309]

Synthetic winch rope is nice until you get it caught on something or waterlogged or full of mud. That’s why I like winch cable because it’s stronger and easy to use

[@shoefly757]

Hey Jason I just found your channel as I may be buying an Rmax4. I just sold my x3 I've had for 5 years. They are great machines, but living in SW Pennsylvania must of or riding is tight and technical. I was planning on just keeping my teryx 4 I've had since 2013. That poor machine gets hammered harder than anything I own and it just keeps going. It will go anywhere if you're willing to beat it hard enough, but nowhere fast. It seems the rmax is a perfect fit. Same wet clutch, wheelbase, and width as the teryx, but way more suspension and way more motor!!

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

I’m located in central Pa so I can say that the Rmax is a great fit for our PA trail riding and will be like a Cadillac compared to your T-Rex! And has the power and speed the teryx lacks for sure. You should be quite happy with it!

[@shoefly757]

@@AppalachianMountainRiders You should do a group ride someday!

[@iAvi8]

I’m currently in the process of installing the Badland 5000 on my RMAX4. Where do I tie in the thin red wire?? It says to splice into an ignition source. How did you set yours up. I literally have a screen shot of your last install video and mimicked your layout except I can’t make out where that little wire goes.

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

There is an accessory plug to the left of the airbox towards the front by some of the relays I tied into.

[@iAvi8]

@@AppalachianMountainRiders Thank you! That’s exactly where I put it.

[@nicejoe1000]

need your advice, for hunting, the honda 520, 700 or 1000 and how would you set it up for hunting, which would be best. thanks .

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

What kind of terrain are you riding in to get where you hunt?

[@nicejoe1000]

@@AppalachianMountainRiders Pretty much like your area in wv, smithville, thats about an hour south east of parkersburg.

[@jew0182]

Did the badland 5k come with a dash mounted rocker switch???

[@shaneclack3234]

Yes it does

[@jippys1]

Did you ever do a install video for the winch on your rmax

[@brentenboswell9932]

yes I would like to know this to

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

I did not. I was planning to then ran out of time before a riding trip I was going on and had to get it installed ASAP. If you want I could still do a run down video showing everything I did and what’s involved.

[@brentenboswell9932]

yes would you please I just got the badlands today would like to know if you had to do anything extra with the fairlead

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

You do have to trim the top corners of the fairlead a bit to get it to fit in the hole in the bumper. I just cut the corners off diagonally and that’s all. I’ll make an overview video top priority and get it shot this week!

[@joeredling271]

Did you do a video where you installed the Badlands on the Rmax 21?

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

I don’t but I have gotten enough requests that I am going to do an overview video showing what all I did and what it takes to install one even though mines all ready installed. Should still be a big help to those who may need it!

[@joeredling271]

@@AppalachianMountainRiders thanks brother

[@mikehoncho8121]

I was gonna say there is a set screw on that drum I drilled my hole out a fuzz and left the shrink on the rope

[@gregcopelli8206]

I know you had your logo printed on them, but where did you get your front and back screens at?

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

Here! www.roguepowersports.com/

[@gregcopelli8206]

@@AppalachianMountainRiders thanks jason!

[@gregcopelli8206]

What about your back wind screen or is that just a universal one?

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

@@gregcopelli8206 that was actually a screw up on their part. They used the wrong kind of screen when I ordered the front so they gave it to me. They would still be able to make one for you if you ask I imagine

[@brentenboswell9932]

did you have to do or get anything extra when installing the winch an did the winch just bolt right up to the stock mount hole

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

Bolted right up to stock holes in frame! Had to cut the corners off the top of the fairlead to get it to fit in the bumper though but not a big deal

[@brentenboswell9932]

so what size bolts did you have to get to bolt the fairlead to the stock holes

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

The ones that came with the winch I believe.

[@Glock-1]

That Allen screw will pull right through that rope, you should have looked up the right way to spook it on

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

That’s why you always leave at a minimum 3 or 4 wraps of the winch cable or rope around the winch spool. Then you never have to worry about it. You never want to completely unspool the rope, ever, under any situation.

[@enginefreak454]

Ive had bad luck with cheap synthetic

[@chevrock22]

Why didn’t you switch the fairlead? You need a fairlead made to use with synthetic.

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

I’ve never run a hawse fair lead with synthetic and have never had an issue. And I’ve used roller fair leads with plows for years and have never had an issue. To me, and the way my mind works...lol, a hawse fair lead will cause more friction and increase the chance of synthetic breaking. I’m no winch expert though, I’ve just never had any reason to switch when running synthetic.

[@chevrock22]

@@AppalachianMountainRiders Interesting. Maybe I’m mislead. Or maybe the other fairlead are just a marketing ploy. Thanks for your response.

[@miltonthacker1586]

Boss you've been up staged the kids are gonna do the show lol

[@eze8024]

Sad I haven't even had my Zxr5000 for a year and then they release the Apex5500

[@golgo1348]

Are you still happy with the badlands winch?

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

Absolutely! Great winch! Stay tuned to the channel though cause I’m being sent a winch to test that would be a direct competitor to the harbor freight winch that offers a couple extra features the badlands don’t for around the same price!

[@jasonphillips572]

Wow! It didn’t take you long to go full on Yamaha trader , really hat and all! Hope they gave you that for free when they con you out of your Honda! Lol

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

😂😂😂 Well, truth be told I was a Yamaha guy long before I was a Honda man. My first quad was a grizzly 660 followed by a grizzly 700 before a Rhino. Then came Mighty Mouse after those. It’s more like a return to my roots than being a trader...lol.

[@scottnichols9020]

Putting blue synthetic winch rope on that winch is really stupid . Synthetic winch rope to me is junk . I wood never put a synthetic winch on any of my badland winches I will always have cable on my winches

[@AppalachianMountainRiders]

I feel the exact opposite. Cable rusts, kinks, gets burrs that poke and jab your hands, and if it breaks you’re not only in danger of getting really hurt if it hits you, you also have no way to fix it unless you carry cable clamps with you. Synthetic is just as strong as cable with being lighter, will never kink, and if it breaks it doesn’t hold the kinetic energy like cable does so you’re less likely to get hurt if you are near by and a simple knot can be tied to fix it. To each his own and if you prefer cable then that’s your choice but I find synthetic to be far superior.

[@kingrider75]

LMAO😂 yea who wants a stronger rope anyway! And you ain’t a man until you tear your hands to pieces with broken steel wires lol.

[@chief1223]

lol are you seriously just commenting this same thing on ever synthetic rope install video?

[@scottnichols309]

Synthetic winch rope is nice until you get it caught on something or waterlogged or full of mud. That’s why I like winch cable because it’s stronger and easy to use

[@scottnichols309]

Synthetic winch rope is nice until you get it caught on something or waterlogged or full of mud. That’s why I like winch cable because it’s stronger and easy to use