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Skibum346:
--- Quote from: "zacspeed" ---The most alarming part of the whole video is the guy who's stood practicaly over the winch rope whilst it's being used to recover the Disco :shock:
I'm no expert, but I'd assume that if the rope were to snap, that bloke would very rapidly become two smaller blokes?
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Interestingly, Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) recently tried to replicte this myth using various winch wires under various loads against a dead pig..
They didn't succeed until they wrapped a loop around the pig... one end anchored to a building or some such.... the other to their truck... then floored it!
Mythbusted... apparently...
Still... safety first and all that!
:?
Mudlark:
--- Quote from: "Skibum346" ---
--- Quote from: "zacspeed" ---The most alarming part of the whole video is the guy who's stood practicaly over the winch rope whilst it's being used to recover the Disco :shock:
I'm no expert, but I'd assume that if the rope were to snap, that bloke would very rapidly become two smaller blokes?
--- End quote ---
Interestingly, Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) recently tried to replicte this myth using various winch wires under various loads against a dead pig..
They didn't succeed until they wrapped a loop around the pig... one end anchored to a building or some such.... the other to their truck... then floored it!
Mythbusted... apparently...
Still... safety first and all that!
:?
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When you've witnessed a steel cable decapitating someone you pay the steel cable much respect when you use it :shock: :shock: :shock:
dustymiller:
i agree
i once met a chap who lost his leg to a steel cable on a ship.
not nice
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