SOLUTION: I own a very beautiful, and somewhat massive, boat. Each year, in the fall, I drag it totally out of the water with my tractor--the tension in the drag line is 5000 lbs. This year,
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Question 145667: I own a very beautiful, and somewhat massive, boat. Each year, in the fall, I drag it totally out of the water with my tractor--the tension in the drag line is 5000 lbs. This year, my tractor died, and I must get the boat out by myself. All I have is lots of high tension cable (that doesn't stretch at all!!). Can I do it by myself? There are lots of massive trees all over the place. I'm fairly strong for an old guy--can manage a tension of about 300 lbs. Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You need pulleys to help you out.
Check out the link for compound pulleys here to understand how it works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulley
