Aug 14, 2008 07:25
15 yrs ago
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English term
fall
English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
The term comes from a short text on crawler cranes.
Examples:
1. You need to know how to change the number of falls on the hook block.
2. The load must be within the duties chart for 2 falls of rope
Examples:
1. You need to know how to change the number of falls on the hook block.
2. The load must be within the duties chart for 2 falls of rope
Responses
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Jack Doughty
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Rope or cable through blocks of block and tackle system.
I presume the hook block has more than one fall through it.
Purchase & Tackle Page
The blocks of a tackle are termed the standing block and moving block; the rope rove through them is called the fall, which has its standing, ...
www.btinternet.com/~fourthgill.seascouts/tackle.htm
Purchase & Tackle Page
The blocks of a tackle are termed the standing block and moving block; the rope rove through them is called the fall, which has its standing, ...
www.btinternet.com/~fourthgill.seascouts/tackle.htm
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