The shear pin determines the level of safety, not the strength of the winch.
This was mostly covered in previous posts, but my search now ends with a "404" msg....
There are also many PS magazine notes, also no longer available. The link in this search result is now a dead end.
"I did post the alloy some time ago, but "search" doesn't help me here. I had found the alloy except for the temper (T3, T4 etc)....
Found this after a lot of searching:
http://steelsoldiers.com/index.php?n...amp;highlight=
...... the alloy for the 260 series 5-ton winch (5315-00-209-7979), it is the 2017, probably -T4 temper, which has a shear strength of 38,000 psi.
It's a start..."
Interestingly, the same 5-ton winch for the m656/xm757 series 8x8 trucks specifies a copper alloy pin.
