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2. Truck (rigging) - Wikipedia

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   A truck is a wooden ball, disk, or bun-shaped cap at the top of a mast, with holes in it through which flag halyards are passed. [1] Trucks are also used on wooden flagpoles, to prevent them from splitting. [citation needed] Without a masthead truck, water could easily seep into the circular growth rings of a wooden mast.

3. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.

4. Fairlead - Wikipedia

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   A fairlead can be a hook, ring, pulley, chock, or hawse (hole) sometimes surrounded by rollers. If the line is meant to be moved while in the fairlead, the angle in the line created by the fairlead must be shallow to minimize friction. For larger angles a block or pulley is used as a fairlead to reduce friction. Where the line is removed from a ...

5. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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   A block and tackle [1] [2] or only tackle [3] is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift heavy loads.. The pulleys are assembled to form blocks and then blocks are paired so that one is fixed and one moves with the load.

6. Guy-wire - Wikipedia

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   This type consists of a rod with wide screw blades on the end and an eyelet on the other for the guy wire. It is screwed deep into the ground, at the same angle as the guy, by a truck-mounted drill machine. These are commonly used as guy anchors for utility poles since they are quick to install with a truck mounted hydraulic powered auger drive.

7. Three parties combine to keep poll-topping far-right at bay ...

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   Lighter Side. Medicare. News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. Three parties combine to keep poll-topping far-right at bay in east German state. Thomas Escritt. December 12, 2024 at 4:05 AM.