Publisher's Synopsis
This is an 100 page Introductory e-Book, designed to give a flavor of the books in the "Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging Systems, and Avoiding Dangerous Resultants Book Series." You can get a free E-Book Reader on this site for your Android, I-phone, I-pad, or Computer. to read the book. It's birth is due to my observation while work with Professionals in Construction, Rope Access, Work at Height, Technical Rope Rescue, Fire Fighters, Search and Rescue, Confined Space, Paramedics, Climbers, and others. I noticed that there are "Resultant Forces, and Resultant Angle of Force (Vectors) that were creating problems inconveniences, other create injuries and property damage, and the worst one create fatalities. Consequently, I put together a presentation for the International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS) 2001. It was well received, so for the next five years I continued to share more ideas at ITRS, 2002 - 2006 to help prevent accidents and improve our skills and efficiency. Working with ropes, pulleys, and rigging systems, etc. is complicated. There are many different terms, a mountain of equipment, engineering principles, and an infinite number of ways the equipment can be used to aid us, or to hinder us. In this 100+ page book I explain many concepts, ideas, techniques, and most importantly, principles regarding the use of this gear. You find a sampling of subjects, examples, charts, pictures, details, pulley systems, complex pulleys systems, block and tackle, moving and non moving pulleys (COD) This book will help you make a purchasing decision to buy the first book in the Ropes, Pulleys, Rigging Systems, and Avoiding Dangerous Resultants Series called Mechanical Advantages #3 Pulley Systems Explained V 3.0 by Douglas S. Hansen Available on Amazon.com
