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Winch line: Steel vs synthetic
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<blockquote data-quote="CrustyJeep" data-source="post: 1010459" data-attributes="member: 15960"><p>Agreed there.</p><p></p><p>I think a lot of it comes from the shipping and logging industries, and confusion between short and long pieces of cable. The longer the cable section, the more energy that will be stored when it is stretched. If you stretch a long piece of 1" cable beyond breaking strength, a **** load of energy is going to be released. OTOH, a short piece of 5/16" cable won't do near the damage if it snaps. Just because some guy got cut clean in half when cable broke pulling logs 500 feet up out of a ravine, doesn't mean it's going to go down like that when a 25 foot section snaps on the trail.</p><p></p><p>You are probly also right about cases involving other part failures. If a d-ring or something else failed, then it has no place in this discussion. So if that's what you mean by rigging, then forget about it. People shouldn't rig like idiots, but that's a difference discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrustyJeep, post: 1010459, member: 15960"] Agreed there. I think a lot of it comes from the shipping and logging industries, and confusion between short and long pieces of cable. The longer the cable section, the more energy that will be stored when it is stretched. If you stretch a long piece of 1" cable beyond breaking strength, a **** load of energy is going to be released. OTOH, a short piece of 5/16" cable won't do near the damage if it snaps. Just because some guy got cut clean in half when cable broke pulling logs 500 feet up out of a ravine, doesn't mean it's going to go down like that when a 25 foot section snaps on the trail. You are probly also right about cases involving other part failures. If a d-ring or something else failed, then it has no place in this discussion. So if that's what you mean by rigging, then forget about it. People shouldn't rig like idiots, but that's a difference discussion. [/QUOTE]
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