[AT] OT - Question about chain

[Stephen Offiler]

A chain won't do THAT.


SO


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:44 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> David the ones that are intended to stretch, the so called snatch straps,
> deform and go back like a stiff bungee cord.  They do work when you
> need to pull something and don't have enough pulling force but it comes
> with some risk and danger.  I talked to a guy a while back that was using
> one
> to pull a stump.  He had it hooded to his 4 wd pickup and the other end to
> the
> stump.  He'd get a running start and go until the truck quit pulling, hit
> the brakes
> and wait, similar to what Al described.  The problem was he was hooked to a
> stump that was being held by roots.  After a few pulls, as he sat in the
> truck
> holding the brake the roots came loose and the stump flew through the air,
> into
> the pickup bed and came to rest when it crashed into the back of the cab
> with significant damage.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bruce
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:18 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Question about chain
>
> Once that strap has been stretched does it recover or does it deform to
> the extent to be a one use option?  In some cases a one use version
> would be fine but for general use that might turn into a problem?
> Not trying to be a smart ass rather trying to learn something.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> On 11/26/2013 3:41 PM, Len Rugen wrote:
> > When you put tension on a tree with a chain, as soon as it moves a
> little,
> > the chain goes slack.  I have some 2" wide nylon webbing, my tractor will
> > probably stretch a 50 ft. piece 10 ft or more.  When the tree is cut, it
> > gets a good 10' tug from the stretch.
> >
> > If you're pulling a tree/log and it catches a stump, you will break a
> > chain before you can react, nylon will give you enough time to clutch.
> >
> > DO NOT mix nylon and chain, don't use metal hooks on nylon.  I know some
> > come that way, but take some precaution so if something breaks, the metal
> > hook doesn't become a nylon powered projectile.
> >
> >
> >
> > Len Rugen
> >
> > rugenl at yahoo.com - May also be used when responding as
> > rugenl at prairiehome.k12.mo.us
>
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