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Good info. For general purpose reference, it is standard recovery practice to assume you can pull a MAXIMUM of 75% of the winch truck's weight, with wheel chocks and locked brakes.
Note that two (2) lining the winch cuts the winch load in half, but you still only have 75% of the truck's weight...
Use proper rope ends, avoid cable clamps, they reduce the effective strength of the rope.
TERMINATIONS EFFICIENCY RATING
WIRE ROPE SPLICE
FLEMISH EYE SPLICE 1/4" TO 1" DIAMETER AND SMALLER 95%
1 1/8" TO 2" DIAMETER 92.5%...
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