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Subject: Snach Blocks
From: broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:14:41 -0600
At 07:40 PM 9/16/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Is there a source for 'Snach Block' at Lowe's, Home Depot, or one of the 
>'neighborhood' hardware dealers?   I am looking for the sort that would 
>be used with 1/2 or 5/8" braided line and, yes, used for tower / antenna 
>work.  This pulley would be capable of opening ( either a side plate, or 
>removing the revolving wheel ) so that the line can be put into the block 
>without threading it through the entire length?
>
>Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks in advance..

Joe, if the stuff you are hauling is under a few hundred pounds you 
might try a mountain climbing store--their pulleys require a
carabiner, but are very easy to use and to add to a line in the midpoint.

I use them for everything I do, although I have a number of the heavy
and heavy duty snatch blocks.  The climbing ones are light weight--
ounces instead of pounds and are probably speced at 2000 pounds,
meaning about 300 or 400 max working load.

--John  


John Brosnahan  W0UN
24115 WCR 40
La Salle, CO 80645

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