My current need is to pull an ash up out of a small canal area. Trunk is about 14" diameter and I'll cut it into 12" lengths. Saw fairly inexpensive snatch block rated for 8,000 lbs...that should be enough, right?
Need snatch block and cable
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Jon1270
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...so, that's still less than 1000 lb.
Jon1270
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Heh. I wondered whether that might've been what you meant. Still, it should be well under 1000 pounds.
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Jon1270
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The standard caveat is what does "rated" mean. Is it a recognized agency rating or a harbor freight claim?. Is it working load or an absolute load? I remember back in college testing cheap fishing line versus name brand. The average rating for the two were the same but the cheap stuff had a lot wider variation in strength, some broke at 10% of rating and some broke at 3 times the average rating. The name brand stuff was consistent, plus or minus 20% with an average that was about 20% over the clamed rating. I always look at the stored energy in a cable or a rope and make darn sure that I am nowhere near it when under load. I have seen enough cable go flying when they failed over the years to have a healthy respect for them.
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