Members: Skyhook Winch Systems
⇒UPDATED REPORT: See the new section below which discusses the Milwaukee m18 SuperHawg drill with the m18 9.0Ah high demand battery.
Roping technicians are using winches increasingly for rescue and access tasks. There are significant advantages to using winches including efficiency and speed of raising loads. There are several winches that are commercially available that have been designed specifically for use with rope based systems. It is important to gain a thorough understanding of their functional limitations prior to use, particularly with human loads. This report attempts to quantify some of these limitations.
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Richard Delaney
Richard Delaney has worked professionally with ropes since 1992 as a multi-pitch rock-climbing instructor, technical rescue instructor and rope access technician. Understanding and teaching the Physics of Rigging is a core passion of Richard’s, one based on his experience, and his prior professional life as a qualified engineer.
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