Re: [MV] Winch Cable
fv74@altavista.net
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:50:40 -0500 (EST)
---- you wrote:
> As to cable shear whiplash - I used to place an old
blanket over the
> cable about half way along its deployment. The theory is that it acts a
> damper in the event of a shear* which, I am happy to say, I have never
> suffered.
>
> --
> Steve Somers (Project Leader)
I had a nylon sling(tree saver) break on a doubled over cable pull with a snatch block on the sling. The snatch block(pulley) and about 100 feet of cable shot past my truck in a heartbeat. Fortunately I was standing on the opposite side of the truck. My 9000# winch wasn't even close to stalling. I now use a coat or an old blanket over the cable.
Dave Fillman
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