Recent content by Redliner56

All hardware I use will be rated for at least a safe working load equal to the weight of what I'm picking up. I just wanted to ignore the safety factor for the sake of keeping it simple. Know I know what I need to know. But if anyone wants to explain it to me. I don't understand how one rope...

Thanks for the help, so this should mean that if we ignore adding in a safety factor a rope with a +/- 30lb breaking strength would be capable of picking up a 100lb box using 4 pullys. And following that line of thinking, if the pully breaking strength is +55lbs they would be enough to pick up...

Hello, I'm working with a pully system and can't find the answer for this question on Google. I'm wondering how to calculate the load on the rope in order to determine what grade rope I should use. For example let's say I'm picking up a 100 lb box using a 4 to 1 system. Not accounting for...