Do you have any big block pulleys like any of the pictures I’ll post ?
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"If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton
Luka, what are you going to do with all of those?
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Logging and moving vehicles over very steep and very rugged terrain.
"If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton
You should still have some logging supply outfits up in your neck of the woods. They'll stock them or can order them. If you want used, watch for farm auctions...
I wouldn't call those big block pulleys. What they actually are is "snatch blocks."
In logging, they were, and still are, used to run "haywire" or messenger lines when laying out highlead logging "roads."
They're also used by the power companies....especially the big boys like Bonneville power for field use when repairing or running new overhead high voltage lines....those guys throw away a fortune in hardware....might check with one of the utilities.
The commercial fishing industry also uses them but they also have some really cool light weight ones (still heavy duty rated) that they use for handling nets or commercial crab pots.
I have several blocks that I use on the tree farm, for moving firewood logs, raising beams on structures etc. I have a couple that are my favorite because the shackle has a removeable pin and can be swung out so a line can be dropped onto the sheave insead of having to thread it through.
I'll get some pics and email you in a couple of days...If you're patient, you should be able to get a good deal on some used ones. Some are bronze bushed and some have Timken tapered roller bearings. In either case, an old frozen up one can be fixed easily with a little elbow grease. Have you talked to Art?
I've seen them at OSH. They often have unusual and heavy duty stuff that HD and Lowe's don't.
-- J.S.
OSH ???
"If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton
OSH just uses the initials now, used to be Orchard Supply Hardware. They're a subsidiary of Sears Roebuck. Maybe they're regional and not in your area.
-- J.S.
Thank you.I've never heard of them.I'll google.=0)
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So Luka, where in WA state are you?????
The logger supply hardware store here in Port Angeles WA has them on the shelf, in various sizes. Sunset Wire Rope, also called Best Hardware.
Should be able to find them in any """Logging Town""""" on the wet side of the Cascades, like Chehalis, Darrington, Hoquiam, Sedro Wolley, Forks, etc. Look for logging supplies in the yellow pages.
Sometimes can find then at garage sales or "junk" stores, but the retirement moving in crowd from CALI likes to buy them and hang 'em out in the rain for yard decoration. Poor souls think snatch blocks are antiques.
I have a dozen or so in various sizes. Nope, not for sale. With a couple of snatch blocks, a length of cable, and something to tug with, you can move anything.
For those not knowing, the blocks are called snatch blocks as the clevis is hinged, pull a pin and it opens so you can drop a loop of cable on the sheave without having to start at one end of the cable and run it through the block.
I used to work for a cable tool drilling company. Every rig had at least a half dozen snatch blocks of various sizes in the tool boxes, and there were countless ones back at the shop, along with miles of wire rope. We used them for rigging clam shell buckets, draglines, moving skid mounted equipment over rough terrain, pulling giant pumps assemblies, pretty much everything that we needed some mechanical advantage. Modern hydraulics have caused a lot of these to start gathering dust. I'll keep my eyes open.
I've seen them here in Canada at a store called Princess Auto. 6" steel pulleys with grease nipples and clevis are approx $40 to $50 Canadian each. I picked up a few for a winch set up on sale for $33 CND not too long ago. Heavy Duty.
They have an online catalogue http://www.princessauto.com
I have a dial up, the PDF files are a 15 min download for me.
The site is not exactly user friendly but they have some great deals.
Gord
A couple of weeks ago I bought a 3" snatch block, 2 ton capacity, from Riggers Supply in Portland, OR. $35 (made in China, of course). They also had some with the larger pulleys but don't know the price.
These guys have some of the smaller ones listed, didn't look for the larger ones:
http://www.e-rigging.com/store_Categories.cfm?Cat_ID=49&Menu_Choice=Catalog
Northern Tools lists some but are much more pricey