Re: [MV] Knuckleboom as a winch

From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Mon Feb 28 2005 - 12:44:07 PST


 Why dont ya put some hubs on the front of that M37 and drive it over the hill........lol........good trick, will remember if the "big winch" on the M62 breaks.

Jeff in vt
---- Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just googled the chain, the rating is 6,600 lb.
>
> >From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: Re: [MV] Knuckleboom as a winch
> >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:41:09 -0500
> >
> >At 11:35 AM -0500 2/28/05, Bjorn Brandstedt wrote:
> > >A demonstration of how the knuckleboom and a couple snatch blocks can be
> >used as a rear (or front) winch. Pulling capacity shown is about 8,000 lb.
> > >
> > ><http://imageevent.com/cranetruck/knuckleboomwinch>
> >
> >Preatty sneaky. One question, what was the rated capacity of the chain you
> >had holding the snatch block to the rear hitch?
> >
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