Posted by mkirsch on January 12, 2015 at 05:09:42 from (72.45.143.81):
In Reply to: Booster buck posted by makouli on January 10, 2015 at 11:46:10:
I would imagine that there was some sort of brake on the winch that you manually applied to hold and lower the load.
Looking at the pictures, it appears the cable goes over your head. Remember this was in the days before OSHA, lawsuits, even before people knew much about safety in general. Lots of farmers ended up badly maimed either through not knowing what they were doing, or unsafe design because engineers didn't know any better yet. Heck many of the "engineers" were just farmers themselves; all they cared about was getting the job done.
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