From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 13:41:28 PDT
Gawd, now why didn't I think of that! (;->)
That would be a sight!
That 5/8 cable is really not nice to handle. It's heavy, and pretty stiff
stuff so it's very hard to untangle. But for what I paid for it is was
worth the couple of hours to untangle. I've used the winch several times
and it is no big deal to use, since it rolls off the winch in a nice
straight line.
I can't imagine untangling 3/4" cable as is used on the wreckers rear
winch.
Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:23:01 -0400, m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
wrote:
> Why didn't you just tie one end to the truck, and let it straighten
> itself
> out on the way home?
> All you needed to do was tie a red flag to the other end.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cole" <DavidCole@tk7.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] 5 ton winch cable
>
>
>> It's a 5/8 inch cable and 200 feet long on the 5 tons except for the
>> wreckers which must have a larger front winch as they take 280 feet
>> according to my manual.
>>
>> Take if from me, if you have to buy some and install it, try to get it
>> on
> a
>> spool so you can install it easily.
>>
>> Also, Asian cable is a lot cheaper than US made cable. I ended up going
>> with some used cable that was in good shape. It was a real bitch to get
> it
>> home though as it was a tangled mess. Imagine trying to put 200 feet of
>> 5/8th cable that is a birdsnest into a 2000 Ford Taurus trunk. It can
>> be
>> done!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 00:02:06 -0400, Bill & Bonnie Prestin
>> <bprestin@chartermi.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone know the length and diameter of the front winch cable on the 5
>> > ton, M
>> > series trucks.
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> -- Dave
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-- Dave
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