wires 408 which is surrounded by an outer layer of alloy armor wires 410 an interstitial void created in the outer layer 410 e g between adjacent ones of the armor wires of the outer layer 410 is filled with a polymer as part of a jacket 412 in the embodiment shown the jacket 412 encapsulates at least each of the layers 408 410 as a non limiting example the jacket 412 includes a substantially smooth outer surface 414 to minimize a friction coefficient thereof it is understood that various polymers and other materials can be used to form the jacket 412 as a further non limiting example the jacket 412 is bonded to the insulator 406 disposed in the core 402 in certain embodiments the coefficient of friction of a material forming the jacket 412 is lower than a coefficient of friction of a material forming the insulator 406 however any materials having any coefficient of friction can be used fig5 illustrates a torque balanced cable 500 for tractor operations according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention similar to the cable 400 except as described below as shown the cable 500 includes a core 502 having a plurality of conductive strands 504 embedded in a polymeric insulator 506 it is understood that various materials can be used to form the conductive strands 504 and the insulator 506 the core 502 is surrounded by an inner layer of armor wires 508 wherein each of the armor wires of the inner layer 508 is formed from a plurality of metallic strands 509 the inner layer 508.