Popular mythconceptions

[Tractor Seabee]

Looking at a naked woman will turn you to stone.

At my age; wish it would.

Ron

 

[bcp]

Another one:

It is safer to pull hard with a chain than a strap or cable, because if it breaks, it will fall harmlessly to the ground instead of snapping back.

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

I'm saying exactly the same. But the myth is that dismounting a cylinder, turning it around, and remounting it will cause the stronger and weaker forces to change direction.

I've heard this kind of statement many times, but it is wrong. "That's a nice dump trailer you made. But if you turned that cylinder around it would lift more."

Bruce

If it was a double acting cylinder, he could crush himself with force instead of gravity.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Obviously the cylinder would be stronger with the rod up because then it痴 not having to lift the weight of the body and fluid. Insert sarcasm here. The much more important thing to do is position the cylinder so the hoses aren稚 moving and chafing them.

Only thing that changes is the speed of movement as the rod end takes less fluid. Dare you to tell the difference w/o a stop watch.

Ron

 

[4570Man]

Another one:

It is safer to pull hard with a chain than a strap or cable, because if it breaks, it will fall harmlessly to the ground instead of snapping back.

Bruce

Harmlessly to the ground not so much but I think chains do stretch less than the other 2. The best option is using one rated for the pull. And make sure the hooks are equal or greater than the device.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Harmlessly to the ground not so much but I think chains do stretch less than the other 2. The best option is using one rated for the pull. And make sure the hooks are equal or greater than the device.

Ever see a cable brake under tension? Can easily cut a mans head off sitting on a tractor seat.

Ron

 

[MossRoad]

Only thing that changes is the speed of movement as the rod end takes less fluid. Dare you to tell the difference w/o a stop watch.

Ron

The extension and retraction speeds won't change if you flip a cylinder. No matter if it's rod end up or rod end down, the large end gets the fluid anytime you extend it and the rod end gets the fluid on retraction.

 

[CalG]

Another one:

It is safer to pull hard with a chain than a strap or cable, because if it breaks, it will fall harmlessly to the ground instead of snapping back.

Bruce

That is not a misconception, but is a matter of degree. cable is lethal! Chain? Ho Hmmm.

 

[4570Man]

Is a 20 foot chain any less dangerous than a 20 foot cable? Of course a 200’ cable is deadly.

 

[RNeumann]

Political correctness.

Ok, we won’t discuss what causes blindness.