beastmaster
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Today as I was SRTing throu an Oak tree I was amazed at the small dia. of some of the limbs I was using to support my self. Sharing the load using many different points wasn't a concept I was overly familiar with. My understanding of physics in general wasn't what it should of been. Srt has opened up my eyes some on several levels.
Now my dumb question; Running a line from the ground to a block puts the weight of the piece being lowered on the limb where the blocks attached, So does using several redirects(pulleys)before the primary lowing pulley reduce the weight on the limb the piece is being lowered on? So in effect you could lower a bigger(heavier)piece then the lowering limb would normally hold if you used a single pulley? Not that I want to push the envelope, but adding a bigger safety factor might be nice some times.
I hope I made enough sense that my question is understood. Thanks.
Now my dumb question; Running a line from the ground to a block puts the weight of the piece being lowered on the limb where the blocks attached, So does using several redirects(pulleys)before the primary lowing pulley reduce the weight on the limb the piece is being lowered on? So in effect you could lower a bigger(heavier)piece then the lowering limb would normally hold if you used a single pulley? Not that I want to push the envelope, but adding a bigger safety factor might be nice some times.
I hope I made enough sense that my question is understood. Thanks.