Re: [MV] winches, pulleys, leverage???????

James V (jim@valesh.com)
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:05:00 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Henry wrote:

> Hi all,
> in reference to an earlier thread, I ended up a little confused. Is there
> mechanical advantage gained by running the winch cable from my M35 out to a
> tree, through a pulley, and back to the truck?

Yes, this will give a 2X advantage.

Or, do I need to go: winch,
> to pulley on tree, back to pulley on truck, and back to tree, to gain
> mechanical advantage?

This will give a 3X gain over a single cable. (and use three times the
cable.)

> Sorry for the confusion, I want to outfit my truck with the necessary
> equipment, and if that means 2 pulleys, then that's what I want to do.
> Thanks,
> Henry
> (I may be slow, but I'm dumb)
>
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