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From: Charlie E. on 13 Oct 2009 14:08
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:25:08 -0400, PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:54:13 -0700,
>"JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Actually, the steel cable (or wire rope) will store quite a bit more
>>energy (much higher tension per unit cross section). The nylon strap
>>will smash windows and people pretty good, but wire rope will cut a
>>person in half or even split a car. I have seen the movies, pretty
>>gruesome.
>
>Even chains will store energy (despite common conceptions that they
>don't). I took out a windshield with a chain once, no fun. Was glad I
>was wearing sun glasses that day, chain didn't make it through the
>glass, but glass fragments made it to the back of the truck (a
>distance of almost 12 ft!)
>
>The safest is synthetic winch cable, as long as it doesn't have a
>metal hook on the end. We use very overrated hooks so that the cable
>will fail before the hook. Seems to be the best solution. Biggest
>issue with synthetic cable is taht you must baby it so it doesn't get
>damaged.

Once saw a guy try to pull a grader that had slipped on the side of a
pile with a bulldozer using a chain. As they started to tighten it,
one guy was holding the chain the center to reduce the slack. As I
reached for the phone to call 911, the guy leapt over the side of the
pile just as the chain tightened and snapped...

Charlie
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