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what’s the part on the boom of a tow truck that looks like a snatch block?

May 12, 2010 by bebo  
Filed under Truck boom

what’s the part on the boom of a tow truck that looks like a snatch block. Where the winch cable comes out of the end of the boom. It pivots.
Whats this called?

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One Response to “what’s the part on the boom of a tow truck that looks like a snatch block?”
  1. oklatom says:

    It’s a pivoting pulley, or sheave wheel, and looks nothing like a snatch block.

    Here is a snatch block: http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50254291/Heavy_Duty_Snatch_Block.jpg

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