Posted by thurlow on May 10, 2009 at 06:56:12 from (74.177.51.148):
In Reply to: Re: Farmer killed posted by mjbrown on May 10, 2009 at 05:58:38:
I'm no physicist nor engineer; I'm an uneducated, barely literate, retired dirt farmer. However, I have used chains (we call 'em log chains, locally) thousands of times for almost 60 years. I understand the energy in a (stretched) cable, strap, rubber band, tree limb,etc, but I've never understood how a chain USED CORRECTLY has ANY energy beyond the force of gravity. Of all the hundreds we've broken over the years, they all simply fell to the ground in place. I understand that if there is slack in the chain and it is jerked, it can rebound if it breaks or comes unhitched. Anyone who uses a chain in such a fashion almost deserves the consequences. I know some folks will swear that their 'neighbor' was just pulling a 'stuck' tractor and the chain broke and all the energy it had somehow gathered up caused it to fly through the air, breaking out the rear cab window and killing the operator. I remain unconvinced..............
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