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To: BenLurkin

“...broken hoist rope ...”

They’re using rope instead of steel cables? Am I reading this wrong?


27 posted on 11/18/2018 4:56:04 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

It is called wire rope but sometimes just rope.


28 posted on 11/18/2018 5:02:17 AM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: carriage_hill
They’re using rope instead of steel cables? Am I reading this wrong?

In the 'industry', steel cable is often referred to as 'wire rope'.

37 posted on 11/18/2018 5:39:37 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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