One cckw manual says that you should have 200# load on the cable. Tie the
cable to a fixed object and pull the truck to it. They also show a wood
block arrangement to guid the winding layers of the cable.
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Rice <majrice@hotmail.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Deuce winch cable question
> In the motorpool, we used a HMMWV in neutral. Seems I recall the TM
saying
> you need at least 200 lbs weight for proper tension. Of course, my memory
> has been know to have bad sectors.
>
> Jim
>
>
> >From: "Andy Michalski" <amichalski@earthlink.net>
> >To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
> >Subject: [MV] Deuce winch cable question
> >Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 17:42:34 -0600
> >
> >Hi Guys,
> >
> >I will be needing to re-spool the winch cable on my deuce since the cable
> >is
> >quite messy on the drum. I am wondering if it is necessary to have some
> >major tension on it while reeling it in nice and neat, or if it is ok to
> >just use "human tension" on the cable while spooling it in. What do you
> >guys think?
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >
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