beastmaster
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I recently got a CMI 5/8'' block and some 5/8 husky rope from tree stuff. Both are nice and I am happy with them. I thought they would handle must my needs, but when up a big pine taking a 250 lb chuck that pulley is looking kind of small. It's rated for 28,000lbs. So on paper the working load should easily handle a 300 lb piece even on a short dead catch, but I recently seen a 3/4'' cmi pulley that had failed while lowering a piece that big. Anyone else own a 5/8CMI block and what do you catch with it?(The 3/4 block that failed may not of been screwed in all the way)I going to get a bigger block and some 3/4'' rope anyway, but Ied like a real world view of the 5/8 blocks ability. Thanks