Thread: Never Do This, and Other Good Ideas Gone Bad
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Re: Never Do This, and Other Good Ideas Gone Bad
team 1126 will most likely never use a cable winch again, after failing several times, including in 2010 when i personally worked on our double-barreled (kicker and elevations) monstrosity of a winch, i understand our failures. we found that cable just frays and gets tangled much too easily

this year we used a chain winch to power our elevator and it worked GREAT, sure, there is extra weight involved, but it's worth it to not have to deal with that cable! i don't think we'll ever go back to cable!
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