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A few things: It's actually the military winch, but off a 5 ton, so it has a higher rating that then 2.5 ton version 18k, I think. In the specs for the winch (Made by D&P IIRC) it actually specifies the rating is on the first layer (rated like a civilian winch). I based the line off that...

Yeah, I didn't say it went well. I broke about a hundred feet off the end of my speedy 500 foot synthetic line, which left the tree, which had been mostly cut, standing there leaning towards the shop. I had to quickly string together some straps, get the wife in the truck to put some tension on...

Pulled down a 3 plus foot diameter pin oak that was dropping limbs on my shop.

Got drafted for parade duty for my neighbor's Ice Cream business.

I put together a cheap HF crane, replaced the hand crank with an electric winch, and replaced the steel cable with synthetic line and mounted it into the parachute pocket using a hitch extender. Then I moved my winch parts out of the bed, and went and fetched a 460 pound anvil. The mounting...