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No pic cuz it happened too fast but a local lawn care guy doing leaf pickup drove past me yesterday with three 5-gal plastic gas cans sitting on an extended-out front bumper like you might have for a winch. Bungee cords over two of them. No diesel equipment on the trailer as far as I could see. All would be fine until it wasn't!
Jim
 
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I was taught to stand clear and put a blanket over the cable...

If ever pulling with a chain, I was taught by a logging guy to wrap under the object with the chain rather than over. If it breaks the force will send the chain down and not up. Also told to lay a send chain over the first near the object being pulled. the weight absorbs or redirects the energy if something breaks.
 
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Fire hose makes a good cable/chain sheath.
 
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Fire hose makes a good cable/chain sheath.


Good point. So does bicycle tube for lighter duty uses such as the chain on my trailer spare tire.

Edit: many are a snug fit so warm the tube in hot water, slide over chain and you have a snug fit that will not slide on the chain.
 
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The fingers in leather gloves always wear through before the palms when doing firewood. A sharp knife and off with the fingers, turning the used up gloves into strap protectors.
 
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:confused3::confused: This person went overboard.
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