[TowerTalk] Chain and cable safety

[GALE STEWARD]

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 at 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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