mitternocht

hart has it right; the max cable tension could still be 8000, or what have you, but multiple cables get you more pulling force. tinbanger has a good point too. Your tree strap will see the cable tension times however many cables you have.

If it takes 8000 lbs for pulling force to get you out of the ditch then a single line will see 8000 lbs on tension. If you use a ****** block and run a line back to the truck then the cable will see 4000 lbs of tension, your tree strap will see 8000 lbs. If you looped the cable enough times, say 80, you could theoretically pull your truck out by hand, (100 lbs needed) but I don’t think it would be practical, lol

Here is some reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulley

tinbanger

did you see the dirty jobs where they went to the military training base and did just that. they pulled a hummer out with rope and a ton of ****** blocks by hand. out of sand too.

nriver

so, I think you mount looks very functional. You are more skilled than I am. One of the local guys did something similar. He built more of a enclosed box for the winch.

tinbanger

was it on a white truck, like an 04? i talked to the guy thats where i got the idea.

nriver

its a red 03 I think. he is part of nwbombers or nwdeisels groups.

tinbanger

huh, ya a diff guy then. the ones that i would build for the planitart winches would be much lower in profile.

Bigwhitey3500

https://bodiaknet.powweb.com/store/c...c08d3555b2b6e0 This company makes a receiver type hitch that fits over the tow hooks. 8,000 pull, 500 pounds tongue wt. I don't know if it's the design of the hitch or the rating of the tow hooks that gives it's rating.

tinbanger

thats pretty slick, i will have my winch mount looking that good for the planitary winches. i like it though