[MV] Winching
Joe Baker (edc@tiac.net)
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:58:28 -0400
Having seen a winch cable on an M-88 tank retriever seperate and do
serious destruction. I would advise serious caution when using a winch
to pull anything that might break the winch cable. The guideline we
used in the military is very appropriate when winching. We always keep
folks back twice the distance of the cable between the vehicles. In
tracked vehicles we always locked the hatches shut prior to winching.
Until you have seen the winch cable whip across the countryside taking
everything with it you will not appreciate the destructive power in a
steel cable.
Joe Baker
Major, Infantry
formerly of the 1/2 ACR
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