Is this so bad?
. It means that if your rope retaining pin is smooth, and at least as big as the rope diameter or greater, you can run a soft thimble-less eye on the end of your rope and lose little to no breaking strength. Factor 55 Flatlink XXL Synthetic Rope Spool - 00096 Most synthetic winch ropes come with metal thimbles providing this ratio when new. Luckily for us off roaders, many technical papers have been written on this by rope manufacturers and cordage experts and corresponding tests have been completed.