Re: Lexan shield for forklift ?

"Chip Chester" <NOchipSPAMchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| I believe Dave's got it right.
| Nylon slings and steel cables stretch quite a bit under larger loads.
| You have the whole structure storing energy, and releasing it when it
| breaks. Usually bad news.
| Chains store energy in each link, but only release the weakest link's
energy
| when it breaks.
| It may snap back, but usually only within the original dimensions of the
| extended chain.
| (At least for the loads we're talking about. Tugboats and oil tankers
might
| be another matter.)
| Tow trucks use cable and slings because they're easy to store and manage.
| But usually, they're
| so overrated for the working load that the elastic properties are not
| supposed to be discovered
| in practice.
|
| Transport rated chains are the way to go here, are not too expensive, and
| are handy to have around.
|
| A sidewalk grate or catwalk section would be good for your forklift.
| In a pinch, even another pallet sitting up on the forks would do.
| Put the lexan under the pallet and it'll slide easier...
|
| Chip

Excellent idea with the grate. Once you price the Lexan you'll be even
more convinced!
I usually use straps for most of what I pull on, and I always wrap my
second one around the working one loosely. Absorbs gobs of the energy from
recoil, preventing the hook or whatever's on the end from puncturing
something I value highly, be it my kids or my truck. My own head, there's
not much that can penetrate it anyways. :)
I watched a cable part from a tree stump and pass by inches from the
head of the idiot operating the car. Needless to say it went through the
rear window like it wasn't even there.

.

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