Question about CMP winch?

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Keith and Everybody

You are correct in that the manual calls for 11/16th cable but as that is not readily available, I went with 5/8ths whats a 1/16th among friends.

Where did you find the figure of 14,500 lbs this is what I have not been able to find.

My reasons for asking these questions is that I know how much energy can be stored in a steel cable. Does anybody have a strength figure for 1941 11/16th cable as compared to modern cable?

Not with the winch but in the past I have seen what happens when you start loading steel cables near to breaking. I've shared the picture below the result of trying to pull a 4,000lb truck out of a snow bank with a 11,000 lb CMP the with a tow cable rated at 6000 lbs math just doesn't work, but the cable didn't break.

I'm really trying to figure out how to load limit the winch and attachments to something less than breaking strength.

The Ice Storm of 2009 has left me with a lot of broken and dieing trees that I want to snake out with out cutting truck sized holes around the house. Also I don't want to end up wearing a chunk of cable, or chain.

From the load in the truck you can see what I'm up to.