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2. Winch - Wikipedia

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   Glider winch. Winch spool can be seen on the side of the truck, while cables to the right of the image are attached to the glider(s) being launched RCAF CH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopter, with rescue team on winch. Gliders are often launched using a winch mounted on a trailer or heavy vehicle. This method is widely used at many European ...

3. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   A knot used for attaching a rope to a ring: Bale sling hitch: A knot which traditionally uses a continuous loop of strap to form a cow hitch around an object in order to hoist or lower it. Barrel hitch: The "barrel hitch" and "barrel sling," named for their use in hoisting cargo aboard ships, are a simple yet effective way to suspend an object.

4. Trucker's hitch - Wikipedia

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   The trucker's hitch is a compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks [7] or trailers. The general arrangement, using loops and turns in the rope itself to form a crude block and tackle , has long been used to tension lines and is known by multiple names.

5. Hoist (device) - Wikipedia

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   Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.

6. Level luffing crane - Wikipedia

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   The crane's hook is kept level by automatically paying out enough extra cable to compensate for this. This is also a purely mechanical linkage, arranged by the reeving of the hoist cables to the jib over a number of pulleys at the crane's apex above the cab, so that luffing the jib upwards allows more free cable and lowers the hook to compensate.

7. Rolling hitch - Wikipedia

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   The rolling hitch is a knot (see also Magnus hitch) used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or another rope. A simple friction hitch, it is used for lengthwise pull along an object rather than at right angles. The rolling hitch is designed to resist lengthwise movement for only a single direction of pull. [1]

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9. Vehicle recovery - Wikipedia

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   Vehicle recovery is the recovery of any vehicle to another place, generally speaking with a commercial vehicle known as a recovery vehicle, tow truck or spectacle lift. Recovery can take the form of general recovery, normally of broken down vehicles, or a Statutory Recovery at the request of the police using police powers, conferred in the ...