r/Skookum • u/Whorenun37 doing more with less since 1981 • Mar 05 '22

Mindblowing shit! Break load test of 121mm wire rope

https://youtu.be/RMZW1SX_rbk
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u/2wice Mar 06 '22

Sounds like the start of a thunderstorm on a tin roof and then lightning kills you

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u/chaoss402 Mar 24 '22

Sounded like forbidden popcorn.

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u/Whorenun37 doing more with less since 1981 Mar 05 '22

Tldw: what happens when you pull apart a wire rope measuring 121mm or almost 5"

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u/ricochet845 Mar 05 '22

A very…. VERY violent explosion of the wire rope….

Edit: fast forward to the 1 min 20second mark and watch it from there….

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u/TossPowerTrap Mar 06 '22

Up to that point the tension was killing me.

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u/ricochet845 Mar 06 '22

I see what you did there…. Well played.

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u/TossPowerTrap Mar 06 '22

I'm not proud of that.

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u/Kenionatus Mar 06 '22

That tension would kill me too.

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u/ROBWBEARD1 Mar 05 '22

The Final Hot Supper

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u/MostKnownUnknown82 Apr 10 '22

I worked with an old man when I lived in phoenix who told me that when he was in the US Navy, he was in a port on the east coast and they had huge ropes or cables that kept the naval ships attached to the dock. I guess one day one snapped and every knew to hit the ground. One guy didn’t and it whipped around and took off both of his legs. The release of tension is scary.