"Ignoramus3944" wrote in message
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On 2015-07-18, Gunner Asch wrote:

Gunner, thanks in general, but when seen in person, you can see that
the wire rope is rusted bad. I already bought replacement wire rope,
I
will oil it generously. I oiled wire rope on the winch of the semi
trailer 6 months ago and it does not rust at all. I am just deciding
between way oil and used hydraulic oil.

i

This may be helpful:
http://www.hanessupply.com/content/pdfs/wirerope101.pdf

It gives me a few things to check on the A frame hoist I've been using
to stack logs.

-jsw