Re: how they angle Wing plow on large plow trucks

Posted by Mark - IN. on March 04, 2005 at 22:08:34 from (64.12.117.7):

In Reply to: how they angle Wing plow on large plow trucks posted by diggerdave on March 04, 2005 at 07:15:30:

Funny you should ask Dave, just gave one a good looking over the other day. Was a 5 ton state truck and was leaning on the blade. Blade had one push-pull cylinder on each side of the blade, and one large cylinder to lift and lower it. The thing that amazed me was the 3/8" cable between the cylinder and the blade that lifted and lowered it. That was a huge blade, and I'm sure that cable gets stressed out like no one's business. The cable locks are the same exact ones that we use for the cables that we use to anchor utility poles. We use 2 on each end of the cable, the truck used 3. Obviously 3/8" cable is much stronger than I ever gave it credit for. Then again, maybe used to be 1/2" cable when it started out. Hmm? Naw, locks were tight at 3/8".

Mark

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