No-name heavy duty snatch blocks CHEAP on eBay
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No-name heavy duty ****** blocks CHEAP on eBay
Took a chance on one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4618138440
Just got it and it's wonderful. There's only 10 left as I type this (there were 25 when it listed). With shipping it's about $32 -- not bad for a heavy ****** block.
It has a 4" pulley, is about 10" long, and constructed of 1/4" plate. It could save you $20 or more if you need a block. It's alleged to be rated at 20,000 pounds -- and I believe it. The center pin of the pulley is an inch in diameter.
It was risky because the description is sketchy at best -- but I got one anyway (just a hunch). Glad I did.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4618138440
Just got it and it's wonderful. There's only 10 left as I type this (there were 25 when it listed). With shipping it's about $32 -- not bad for a heavy ****** block.
It has a 4" pulley, is about 10" long, and constructed of 1/4" plate. It could save you $20 or more if you need a block. It's alleged to be rated at 20,000 pounds -- and I believe it. The center pin of the pulley is an inch in diameter.
It was risky because the description is sketchy at best -- but I got one anyway (just a hunch). Glad I did.
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It's a pulley block used to allow you to do one of two things basically:
1) Make a winch pull when the anchor point is not straight ahead. You can tie off the ****** block to a tree on you left, say, and then run the winch cable through the pulley to a tree on your right.
2) Double your pulling force. You connect the pulley to your anchor point (again, like a tree) ahead of you, then run your winch cable out to the block, through the pulley, and then back to your truck again. Now you have a "double line pull" and your pulling force is doubled at the expense of the speed you can pull, and how far.
Here I am being pulled up a very steep slope by TBarCYa using a ****** block to double the pull.
1) Make a winch pull when the anchor point is not straight ahead. You can tie off the ****** block to a tree on you left, say, and then run the winch cable through the pulley to a tree on your right.
2) Double your pulling force. You connect the pulley to your anchor point (again, like a tree) ahead of you, then run your winch cable out to the block, through the pulley, and then back to your truck again. Now you have a "double line pull" and your pulling force is doubled at the expense of the speed you can pull, and how far.
Here I am being pulled up a very steep slope by TBarCYa using a ****** block to double the pull.
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Originally Posted by blue_bandit
if i had a winch i would jack one for work we just put a bunch of milemarkers on the hmmvs they came with ****** blocks,really big heavy duty tow straps, and abunch of other crap i wish i could make a whole winch kit disapper but there heavy as hell and wont fit in a pocket
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Originally Posted by blue_bandit
i take it you stuck one in your pocket it wouldnt be hard for me i work in the motorpool im trying to make some m101a2 trailer tires fit in my pocket 285/70/r16 mt's but i think i would get caught with my luck and thats not good
When we got back from Iraq, the motor pool guys had 2 pallets of the old 24 volt Warns and a new MM hydro......I have no idea what happened to them, but I can assure you never made it to the new motor pool!
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Nah, I bought mine but they do have some cool parts for them, like the bypass, ****** blocks, shackles, etc.
When we got back from Iraq, the motor pool guys had 2 pallets of the old 24 volt Warns and a new MM hydro......I have no idea what happened to them, but I can assure you never made it to the new motor pool!
When we got back from Iraq, the motor pool guys had 2 pallets of the old 24 volt Warns and a new MM hydro......I have no idea what happened to them, but I can assure you never made it to the new motor pool!
we installed about 20 of them in iraq they where a pain in the a** to install
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Originally Posted by blue_bandit
they probley scraped them if they gave me a brand new 24volt warn and i could figure out some way to mount it on my truck i still wouldnt do it they are p.o.s every time ive tried to use one they have never worked the milemarkers how ever are great winches and givin the chance i would put one on my truck probley have to modify it to make it work
we installed about 20 of them in iraq they where a pain in the a** to install
we installed about 20 of them in iraq they where a pain in the a** to install
The one I got I actually bought from a Marine reservist, and some parts that came with it bear a striking resemblence to the military ones...like the fairlead was painted black, cable was greased, the hoses with it were WAY long (like HMMWV long)...all things we do to the ones on our COLT truck.....kind of makes me wonder actually.