I remember reading years ago of an ocean-going tug
pulling a disabled vessel in heavy seas. The large
steel tow cable broke and one end snapped back and
sheard the entire wheelhouse off the tug, killing all
the crew that were in it. Cables under tension can
have a huge amount of stored "enengy" just waiting for
someplace to go.
73, Stew K3ND
--- kb9yku <kb9yku@comcast.net> wrote:
> hay i have seen a 1 1/4 in cable over 400 foot
> long brake at the
> hook end on a 50 ton winch
> went 150 foot under the truck and out the front
> it mite have
> taken legs off it any one was out there
> ken kb9yku
>
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