Shooting an Elevator Cable, Under Max Load!!!

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[@swiftghxst4301]

No u

[@ashblumberg5898]

No u

[@oak2847]

Okay

[@Nova_Gloverx3]

No you

[@nathanmays9611]

Uno reverse

[@green7449]

Fun Fact: The inventor of elevator safety latches was so confident in his design that he stood in an elevator as his assistant cut the rope. The second the elevators weight wasn't pressing down on the spring locks they shot out and stopped the elevator. No one trusted elevators before that. After his demonstration, elevators started being built in basically every tall building.

[@Aodhan_Raith]

What a fuckin chad. Same energy as the guy who invented bullet proof vests testing his product while wearing it.

[@FRANK45CASTLE]

That is a fun fact 😎

[@anhduc0913]

@@Aodhan_Raith or the bulletproof glass guy

[@TripleBarrel06]

Was gonna say, even if you sever the cable it's not going to drop the elevator because of the latches. You explained it better than I would have.

[@green7449]

For anyone curious, the mans name was Elisha Otis. You can see a drawing of his freefall demonstration from 1853 on Wikipedia.

[@ThirtyVirus]

plot twist: he knew not pulling the cable taught would get people mad, so he can get 2 videos out of the same idea xD

[@haydenbreckenridge9158]

Yeah

[@hypergodkz]

What is the world are you doing here thirtyvirus? Also that's a interesting theory

[@andrewblair9558]

WHAT THE HELL I LITERALLY JUST WATCHED YOUR NEW VID WHY ARE YOU HERE!!!!!

[@pawturk6025]

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[@lieyoh]

I would not have expected thirty to be here lol

[@Liesmith424]

I can't believe he went through all the trouble to put tension on the cable, but then invalidated the test by spray-painting it blue. Everyone knows blue is the second most bullet-resistant color.

[@JDProductions09]

What’s the first?

[@Liesmith424]

@@JDProductions09 Plurple.

[@JDProductions09]

@@Liesmith424 I see

[@yogurtmanb8582]

Um, excuse me colors don’t make things bullet proof!!!!!!!!11111!!!111

[@ausername7470]

@@yogurtmanb8582 wooosh

[@Valium762]

Very few times have I been worried about serious bodily injury when watching your videos. This was one of those times. Glad you and the cameraman didn't get cut in half.

[@herpermike_]

Me too lol! I'm pretty sure they are as well! Stay safe bro lol!

[@TannerCh]

Same here. Every time he stood by that cable 😰

[@blayomusic]

panzy

[@januszkurahenowski2860]

@@TannerCh He said that the cable might snap and cut him in half but looking at it how it actually snapped it doesn't look that dangerous since it looks like the cable just unravels into individual steel cables but it doesn't suddenly snap and go everywhere.

[@egis4500]

@@januszkurahenowski2860 I think its mostly, cuz it didnt snap instantly, like it unraveled little by little you can see it in the slow mo like it broke apart into pieces, or there just wasn't enough tension to make it go flying everywhere.

[@NathanWakeman]

Imagine a movie where the main character is trying to escape and has to keep pulling out more powerful guns.

[@Goodgu3963]

This is the only type of movie we would ever see Matt in XD

[@CaptainTusk45]

Lol main character pulls Barrett out of back pocket.

[@dimitri6171]

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[@drakedillon8598]

@@CaptainTusk45 and then he could shout out I'm Mary Poppins y'all

[@Busrayne]

Sounds like DOOM.

[@1110631]

Demolition Ranch: "If I get cut in half, be sure to like, comment and subscribe so my family can have some money" Kentucky Ballistics: "Just put a thumb in it"

[@TheGameZone2005]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@sacredoakgaming5703]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@erlanggahadinata5543]

That thumb up really help him

[@greggillham9604]

We need this pinned to the 🔝

[@user-ev3cl2ss8e]

Islam is the religion of mercy, tolerance and love

[@CasperActual]

made me so nervous when you walked up to that without breaking tension lol. stay safe brotha

[@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks]

Yeah people get eviscerated by tensioned cables. Shit is nasty.

[@SeanJonesYT]

It's honestly a miracle that Matt hasn't died from shit like this yet, if that cable snapped while he's touching it, it would cut him clean in half. These videos are going to end one day and we'll all know why.

[@nicholascarr6511]

posted the same above, its a one inch, so rated way above what he put on it, but the flemish splices, the chanin and then walking up after he shot it each time.....shit could of gone real bad real quick

[@elliott8596]

extreme pucker factor

[@steveoTHEGREAT]

I was scared for him lol

[@stnicholas8490]

My anxiety peaked when he compromised the integrity of the cable by shooting it and walked up to it without giving it some slack. 😂. You mad-lad

[@starstrikes]

Yeah after hitting it with that 50. Cal i was tilting my phone away when he walked up to it. And the guy is standing neck-height half a foot away from it 😅

[@januszkurahenowski2860]

How could it move after breaking? Looks like it just unravels into individual thinner cables instead of snapping very aggressively and going all over the place

[@inthefade]

I don’t know. Where would the cable possibly go that could be dangerous? It has to move towards the tension. I saw no actual danger except when he went near the winch.

[@hfdcjiirjmcfi]

​@@inthefadeit wouldn't travel straight, it'd whip around

[@juanmacattivelli8499]

Matt: "If I get cut in half, be sure to like, comment and subscribe so my family can have some money" The camera guy: *stands right next to the cable*

[@Boold198891]

In your universe how cables brake ?

[@jamesmatthew899]

@@Boold198891 r u dumb they will and can break

[@samhenriques4462]

@@Boold198891 I think most people expected the cable to go flying in all direction even Matt said he was expecting it to do that

[@connorblack5656]

Force was being input at the other end and will fail there. Force will have mainly dissipated by the time it gets to camera man, plus there is a tree in the way. Even still, I would not stand there lol.

[@berryhops]

Was about to comment this

[@greenballs101]

Just casually walking up to a frayed cable under tension. His insurance agent silently crying.

[@XenoWiz]

Dude, I was gonna comment on this myself. Scares the shit outta me!

[@nathan1sixteen]

Honestly, as seen from the cable breaking, that cable wasn't under a whole lot of tension. You have to understand that when he turns the winch off, everything relaxes and a vast majority of the tension is alleviated, as the truck didn't stay still, it slid a little bit. That's why he was still able to push the cable. On an elevator, the elevator cart is always hanging, being pulled on by gravity. To really get it under tension he'd have to be winching on the cable while shooting. Then when the cable snapped, it would go flying, just like when you pull a tree stump out of the ground with your car, the stump goes flying. He really was at no risk of injury when he inspected the cable.

[@Erin-Thor]

Or laughing

[@joeyisamazing1091]

@@nathan1sixteen you can see in the video when it broke it didn’t all break at once, there was one strand still holding for a bit, which allowed most or all of the tension to be released without it either end whipping around even though it was under tension. You are right that it wasn’t under the full 18k he mentioned but it would still be a lot

[@MAGAMAN]

@@nathan1sixteen The reason the cable didn't snap is because he had already shot it several times. All the separate places it was already cut absorbed a lot of the shock. If you look at the video, it is more of an unraveling once the last places that were holding tension were cut.

[@robertfrapples2472]

Three shots, three hits. That's why I love my 1911. Great video, and awesome shooting, Matt!

[@Double0hTater]

I have to say, while i’m not a frequent watcher of demo ranch, i have to respect the safety measures yall take.

[@coolguy5602006]

if you watch the Matrix closely when he shot the "cable" he actually shot the bracket that holds the cable.....gotta shoot an elevator cable bracket now lol.

[@zethcader6478]

If I'm right, it took 2 shots as well

[@schrodingers_kater]

Correctly noticed. Now we are waiting for the third episode.😂

[@martyboi83]

He also said "there is no spoon" ergo, No elevator cable or bracket lol

[@FreedomFunnies]

It was also almost point blank

[@joeferretti3521]

that was my first thought ahah

[@capp00]

Man, watching you crank that steel cable tight gave me some anxiety. My grandad ran a wrecker service for most of his life, often times pulling 18-wheelers out of ditches, so the wrecker was huge and the steel cables attached were huge. On one of his calls with multiple overturned trucks, a fellow wrecking company was helping and on one of their trucks, one of the cables snapped, whipped around and nearly cut a worker in half. He died. My grandad never fully got over it. Had nightmares about it for years. Anytime I'd go on a wrecker call with him, once they started the actual pulling, he'd have me sit in the cab, or at least get behind the truck away from the tension area to keep me safe.

[@clownworld4655]

That’s common sense though… I’ve never stood remotely close to cables for that reason

[@dogishappy0]

I was terrified watching this video. A broken windshield is where my worries began, then i remembered that scene from Ghost Ship.

[@capp00]

@@dogishappy0 Good movie, but yes that is about what it would do.

[@Go2scout]

It could/should have been tighter. I didn't hear the sound of the laser blasters.

[@teetbeezoon]

My dad was in the Coast Guard and told me about that incident during Katrina, one of the cables attached to their ship snapped, my dad felt the swoop behind his neck, turned around and one of his colleague has his head cut off, they never found it. Your story reminded me of that and also that haunting scene from Ghost Ship.

[@krissdablack7912]

No one puts as much commitment into an intro so cool

[@nicholascarr6511]

I never knew you made this vid, and after watching you tension that cable and walk up and smack it im glad youre still with us. Good thing the flemish splice was done right and held, and the WLL of that single cable was enough to hold that pull. This is someone coming from working with rigging his whole life and made a career of lifting things with cranes in industrial construction, if you ever do this again, get a snap back blanket to put on the winch line and chain as you tighten the winch and then have ropes tied to them and pull them off when youre way back from the radius of the cables if they were to let go, just dont want anything to happen to you

[@cympimpin20]

This might be the first video where I genuinely feared for his life.

[@TaylorLiam87]

Completely! Kept seeing that video when the crane cable snapped and tore all those people in mecca.

[@cosplash9754]

@@TaylorLiam87 it's different, in that video they put too much weight on the cable. meaning it was a tension snap. when hes shooting the cable, the force is concentrated on a specific point, allowing the different strands(????) of the metal wire to release tension individually. it wouldnt be a tension snap because its just cutting through the wire and slowly releasing tension as they break compared to if there was an absurd amount of weight that pulled the wire apart completely

[@justavideo6324]

@@cosplash9754 speak english pls

[@bigjon5888]

i just say to myself, "if video was uploaded, he is ok"

[@austinkoeppen6122]

@@justavideo6324 It was pretty clear to me.

[@carsonblack4508]

My parents own a elevator company and I can see if I can get you a elevator door to shoot we have a couple just laying around

[@greganderson6371]

Full send that

[@Bozo87]

Full send that

[@bmoretrapgodd7577]

Full send that....

[@shelbyoffrink4424]

Send that full...

[@mG-vl5xb]

Send it to the fullest !

[@syed0745]

I Appreciate what you are doing and taking so much risk so that we at home can enjoy your content, I sure hope you take all the safety measures to keep your self safe. Even though it's a huge risk what you did in this video. Cable are in general very difficult and chaotic to Deal with. Thanks and much Appreciated !

[@johnwallacegood1181]

1:40 you don’t even need that stuff. You already have the best home security system: guns.

[@blainbryan3244]

I'm telling you that we need a demo/SlowMo Guys collaboration

[@yeahme8367]

Yeeeeessss gavin only lives in Austin

[@42RANGA]

this needs to happen!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatmoustachemann821]

Been saying this for a while

[@WalkerBait]

100%

[@rnewman5744]

TRUTH!!!!

[@neovenom9833]

Matt in a couple of weeks; "I bought an elevator"

[@shinget]

most people would make do with wearing lifts

[@El-Burrito]

Ahaha I actually hope this happens. It would be the ultimate saga

[@informaldeviant7751]

Don't tell Mere!

[@danieljob3184]

Vertical is easy. Just loop the cable over a tree branch & hoist until the 5ton wheels are an inch off the ground. This also provides the tree trunk as an additional backstop. Wisdom of a bush mechanic!

[@donranes453]

Great Job Matt

[@TheZeroDozer]

The expression of disappointment on Matt's voice while saying "It just fell!?" was priceless.

[@IceBergGeo]

Because it wasn't very tight...

[@edifyguy]

@@IceBergGeo Also it didn't get cut cleanly. It got cut partially in several places and had to unravel itself to actually get free. It released its tension slowly as it unraveled. It would have been very different if it had been cut cleanly in one go, but that is virtually impossible as the cable is so much thicker than the projectiles he's using. He should repeat this test with a 20mm. :)

[@IceBergGeo]

@@edifyguy definitely right about the lack of a clean cut. But, with having a static load, once a bit of the tension has been released, there is nothing other than the weight of the cable giving it tension. If there was a spring on it, or a pulley system and a hanging weight, it would have failed much more catastrophically. Hopefully he will milk this for one more episode and do something like that. (winch pulling up the front of the 5 ton, or something of the like.)

[@edifyguy]

@@IceBergGeo Haha, that could be really fun :) Although you're only partially right about the static load. The cable itself has a bit of spring to it, and it had been sprung quite a bit, as evidenced by how far apart the two sides were after separating. Of course, a load like you propose would have been much more spectacular for the reasons you stated.

[@qbanz00]

The fact he can even hit that small target from his distance with all of those is a feat within itself

[@pathfindernutsinurface3296]

I’d like to see you try

[@Stolley211]

@@pathfindernutsinurface3296 you misread the comment, they were giving him props for hitting it

[@lawrencejones5640]

Seriously? He's close as hell, I'd be amazed if he could miss after he's adjusted for elevation

[@mjdouglas9665]

@@lawrencejones5640 the scoped weapons i agree its quite mandatory,, but hitting that cable with the handguns so frequently was well done

[@lawrencejones5640]

@@mjdouglas9665 I'm an Aussie, it's pretty hard to get pistols here so I don't have much experience with them. That said, the times I have shot pistols I was hitting where I wanted and all in groups about the size of that cable from about 40 odd yards

[@SlinkHailX]

all these videos are just great

[@joewhite4081]

Thank you for this video.

[@shapshoter489nabro7]

Let's take a second to appreciate how much effort Matt puts in his intro's

[@ThirstysURL]

It's a really nice touch.

[@omader5377]

True demolitia never skip the intro

[@Enes-wj5xq]

@@omader5377 I only watch Matt's videos for the intros

[@semranger1]

I'm always hyped to see the intros.

[@nickfishinggreen410]

Yes

[@angelcross6050]

"If I get cut in half.." Cameraman: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@KiithnarasAshaa]

These were exactly my thoughts as he was cranking the winch back up prior to the 50 BMG shots.

[@supedupcoupe6690]

The camera man has balls of steel

[@i_am_knuckles]

@@supedupcoupe6690 tungsten, balls of tungsten

[@jackgabel5615]

Gotta love the dedication

[@acefleet6814]

What a great video. Keep up the good work Matt

[@theshiftybeef6251]

Matt was afraid of compromised cable, so he releases tension. Puts tension back on shoots it with the .50 then walks back up to it with the tension still on. Texas logic.

[@brantrogers6192]

Where are you from

[@joeypatenaude7866]

🤣 i noticed that to.. must of bin like at this point who cares

[@JohnM4jc]

@@joeypatenaude7866 yeah, who cares if that cable cuts me in half

[@TXetc]

Can confirm

[@davyjones9562]

@@joeypatenaude7866 "must of bin"

[@eegplantforlife9306]

anyone else just sees that with the years matt is just exploring the fundamentals of classical physics in a really creative way ?

[@felipesalvador2083]

Creative nah, American

[@jadayaindigo7696]

If we had 50cals in Physics class when I was a kid I would have payed more attention

[@michaelboyle9512]

I didn't notice the science class behind this until now. Makes this show even more cool.

[@igustibagusananda7706]

The most american way. With guns!

[@wren7195]

@@igustibagusananda7706 I've noticed sadly that youtube doesn't like people even saying guns, he has to call them pew pews on his other channels. So "physics based mass accelerators" sounds like my man Roanoke, but it's what we gotta say. Be safe my friends

[@hillgram]

always happy to see falkor petra, my fav gun in this channel

[@Apollojames77]

First of all. Y'all are bananas for standing next to that thing under tension and fraying.

[@chakadog100]

The fact that you were able to hit that cable 3 out of 5 shots with a hellcat is pretty freakin impressive!

[@sarath431]

Next time, try the anchor chain of the ships. I heard that they are hella strong

[@lucasblanchard47]

Yeah I think each link weighs over 100 pounds!

[@dimitri6171]

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[@maxdrags3115]

Huge too.

[@nudl3Zz]

he needed a a 50cal for a small chain already :-D

[@ChevTecGroup]

That would just be shooting a block of steel.

[@thecuriousbenz5364]

Thanks Matt

[@kyleshoults1308]

Love every thing you do man!!!

[@Holmesy87]

Matt, stood far away: If I get cut in half... Cameraguy, stood next to the cable: If you WHAT?!

[@elpogio4890]

Jokes on you, everyone knows cameraman can't die

[@iSxrce]

@@elpogio4890 and that’s a fact

[@backwoodsmaineiac8897]

They can definetly get a leg blown off though kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoSchoaBhZWZaNE

[@joshs9878]

@@backwoodsmaineiac8897 I just watched that clip, man that shits crazy asf...... is there any follow up to it that you know of?

[@UncleMsg]

You do know for example at 15:13 its just a second camera placed there matt not stupid enough to let his camera man stand next to metal cable with alot of tension on while he fires bullets that explode at it 🤦🏽

[@everythingeverett3021]

The disappointment on his face when he says he used to be a fan.

[@dimitri6171]

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[@mauir3060]

@@dimitri6171 ok 👍

[@xylerkajiyama7544]

@@dimitri6171 a man of culture I see

[@patrickrider2039]

@@dimitri6171 👍🏻

[@derekleavitt6103]

So glad to see you try this under tension

[@petellewellyn2874]

Hey Matt you said your self at the end of the video, the friction of the tires in dirt pulling at a tree would only give a small fraction of the pull. Maybe 2k-5k, please do another video and chain the back to a large tree near the base and then hook the wench to a second tree. Then pull the sucker till she really grunts. Then you will have ur near pulling capacity. And u will actually see the cable snap back for reals. Also you had me looking away while u were standing by the half chewed up cable. Even under they tension it could harm u if it suddenly snapped. Great video and I love your work, I'm still watching old videos every day. Keep it up

[@dragonixbim5974]

"If I get cut in half, don't tell Mer"

[@mattymayo8920]

People are sleeping on this comment!

[@untilted5216]

Who is Mer supposed to be? I get confused as to who Mer is

[@Franny_the_Fisher]

@@untilted5216 his wife, if you’re married and partially insane in the best ways possible, you utter this statement to your kids or buddies, but using your wife’s name

[@mattymayo8920]

@@untilted5216 Matts Wife!

[@untilted5216]

@@Franny_the_Fisher ah, thanks. Imma use that when I grow older lol

[@If-ish]

I've seen a cable snap under tension, one of the scariest things I've ever heard. There was a bi-directional crash and it went from 50m to my right to embedded in the fence 2m to my left so fast that i didn't even register the snap and the impact as different sounds, still not sure how it missed me.

[@pipeepapofckgug3633]

It quantum tunneled through you ;P (edit, on a more serious note: you're one friggin' lucky guy, that thing would have chopped you in half)

[@mongrel_97]

jesus christ

[@danieltobin4498]

Damn! You’re lucky!!

[@seymourbutts4463]

Damn, that reminds me of moth man prophecies when the bridge cables were snapping.

[@samsam-wd3pr]

It didn’t miss buddy….Welcome to the sea of souls.

[@a2krzy521]

This video really just shows you how good your aim is

[@tom-vf1xv]

Matt getting so close to it right after the .50 hit especially was nerve wrecking

[@SS454LS6]

When you finally put one of these cables under full tension, you may want to up your safety game.

[@mercury64]

Elevator manufacturers saw the Matrix and said “yeah we gotta fix that”

[@Fiyazai]

@Joe Mama The matrix is all about shaping reality with your mind. Just gotta believe in your .22lr bro

[@shawnstewart3405]

I'm from Milwaukee and I wanted to say I appreciate that you are wearing Milwaukee safety glasses in this video. Go get-em Texas.

[@jamesrose1641]

As a state licensed elevator mechanic. I can tell you that if that cable was 5/8 thick. It has a strength of 23500 pounds. The only reason it didn't snap and go flying is because one of the braided strands was still rap around. The other side as you can see it unraveling in the slow-mo. That was probably one of the strands that was broken previously off to the left. I am so glad it didn't snap. Because it is extremely dangerous and will cut you and your truck. In half this one had me worried. Love your show.

[@fotograafje666]

Next time you do a cable, put on a small cowbell. That lets you hear the hits down the cable. love your work.

[@meefthepotatoe4363]

Yeah more cowbell 😂👍

[@spartangoku7610]

@@meefthepotatoe4363 I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!

[@mcdjay]

Great idea

[@rolerroleris533]

Would the cowbell be louder than shooting a 50cal that right beside you? Kinda doubt it.

[@Nathan-vb6ny]

"Hey Matt, the next one needs to be hung up and down because there are different forces...." 🤣😂

[@OnTheRiver66]

I don’t think there is nearly 18000 lbs of tension on the cable. Just because the truck started sliding doesn’t mean the 20000 lb truck was resisting with its full weight. Think of the truck on a greased plate. The winch would pull it much easier than the weight of the truck. Also the cable moves too easily to be under thousands of lbs of tension.

[@johndelagarza361]

Just anchor the top to a cliff and winch the 5 ton up. 😄

[@et_9554]

yup very little force or tension

[@diesockedeslebens6599]

You could use some kind of roller

[@averagecarguy420]

The cable had a couple hundred pounds of tension at best. He needs a scale attached in the middle to verify force.

[@nickprice7752]

I freakin love this channel, not only is it badass but it’s also funny so I get a good laugh now and then. Keep the content coming man I really enjoy watching your videos

[@joshi-doom505]

Im just here for the 50cal..love it!!

[@SmokaDaSplif]

In most movies that show the elevator being shot by a handgun, they're typically shooting the emergency brake that's holding cable from free spooling. But some dumb movies do show the cable being shot, so I'll have to agree with Matt on some level 😂

[@spencerjensen1993]

Another fun vid idea! Shoot a elevator brake!!!

[@faqutubejones3265]

Yeah but elevators have a break system so that they don't fall all the way down! They stop... eventually! 🤔🇺🇸

[@Neo1the1One]

I cant agree, cause in matrix he shoots the metal holding for the cable, not the cable itself.... not that a 9 mil can break a cable attachment of 4cm thick steel but...xD

[@X02AC3]

The brakes are on the elevator itself running on rails going along the sides of the shaft.

[@SmokaDaSplif]

@@Neo1the1One that's what I'm saying lol. Some movies do it right, some just go way over the top with bad logic haha

[@npc6254]

The intros are funnier than any SNL skits in the last decade.

[@joemomma7814]

Yes they are, but that’s not saying much. Snl has been garbage for a while

[@furbyoats1]

....you're not wrong lol

[@scrubsrc4084]

Thays not difficult

[@Elk5layer86]

I agree he is hilarious!

[@jack-mv5eu]

What about the echo silver

[@robertkeenbuildingmylifesh3429]

Salute to everyone grind and Motivations.

[@kasenhaddix7651]

“Oh I can’t even get them close” while there’s 18,000lbs of force between the cables lol. Love the effort Matt. Absolutely phenomenal video my man.

[@bighomieJ5X]

Can we take a moment to realize how small that target is he's hitting . 😳

[@dimitri6171]

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[@zteaxon7787]

With the pistol yes fair enough. But I shot a dime sized target at 100 yards twice on my first shooting with 10 bullets out of a scoped rifle. Firearms are just crazy accurate these days. And he does this A LOT. So yes, good aim. But he's probably only 10-20m away. I'd say the pistol shots are the most impressive.

[@joshpruett4681]

Lukas saying it’s easy but prolly never shot before and if he has he probably never shot a big caliber

[@redsampler2017]

its why he is respected in the gun-community, as not just another youtuber

[@cheese515]

@Lukas Kisovec So you are 42 years or older with a Thomas the tank engine pfp and terrible grammar... I suspect that you’re lying.

[@reidcacaro2919]

“That was it? It just fell?” - body proceeds to splits in to 2 halves

[@CheapAngler]

Ghost Ship style

[@TrashCanWaves]

Dude he was freaking crazy to walk up to that damaged cable with all that tension on it. Has he ever seen ghost ship lol

[@konstantin88181]

You do realize that when the truck is standing still, cable is not tensioned by truck's weight, don't you? The only force applied to the cable at this point is its own weight.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

@@konstantin88181 It is still under tension but nowhere near the 18,000 pounds it is supposed to be, that would take a much heavier object than that truck.

[@largebills337]

The cable: *Omae wa mou shinderu* Matt: *Nani ?*

[@jackhall290]

That F. Petra is such a sweet piece of kit. I come back to watch every video he gets it out for living vicariously through him because I haven't pulled together 7k for a rifle yet

[@82Beatz]

Still undecided...which is better, the intros or the content? LOVE THEM BOTH!

[@mavzdog]

Lol, I remember reading through all of those comments 😂

[@IEatColdBurritos]

Same haha. That was like every other comment on that video.

[@dimitri6171]

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[@marcschaeffer1584]

I remember writing one of those comments.

[@mavzdog]

@@marcschaeffer1584 same

[@crankstonshnord6591]

"If I get cut in half.." meanwhile camera guy standing ten feet away from the cable like a boss. Edit: Timestamp 12:24-12:37 for everyone who keeps saying it's a tripod....at least watch the video if you want to argue about it.

[@joshfaircloth8025]

Some of the angles are the GoPro

[@m.farizakbarhutasuhut3074]

Eh everybody knows cameramen are immortals.

[@jacklinks6097]

I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that cable. Thing would cut you in half

[@crankstonshnord6591]

@@joshfaircloth8025 Yes but at the part where he says "If I get cut in half" the camera guy is holding the camera

[@titanpridet10]

I was hoping someone would notice that, made me laugh so hard

[@rogerparent9964]

Love it. Now you're speaking my language. 300 wm is my hunting rifle. Big step compared to never owning a firearm when I started watching your first videos.

[@OkayNiceOne]

Theoretically, it wasn’t on full tension. The truck was only moving that much because it was on dry dirt. You’d have to try a lot harder to sway the cable under full capacity tension where in this it swayed relatively easily using your arm. Guess you gotta do it again with the same setup, but with something holding the truck in place 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@utubesignupblows]

The cable was taut, but barely under any tension at all. It WAS under some tension while the winch was running and pulling the truck (not nearly 18000lbs, but significant tension for sure). Once the winch is stopped, the truck rests in its final position, and the ONLY force acting on the cable is its own spring force, due to it being slightly stretched. There is no force pulling on it from either end. This is why he was able to move it so easily with his hand. A cable under even 2000lbs of tension (let alone 18000, LOL) cannot be moved with your hand like that, because it would mean you lifting all that weight with one hand (by moving the cable sideways, you are contracting the distance between the two ends, pulling one of them in). So this video was actually pretty safe. The most dangerous moment was winching the damaged cable.

[@MisterBoy316]

As Lunkers would say: the moral of the story is that when someone is shooting at your cable, you want it to be flaccid.

[@BhindTheShingle]

Does this make you a lunker

[@treyn8070]

I mean you aren't wrong though.😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@Juan-qz4eg]

And not erect😂😂😂😂

[@davidloftus3152]

No one like flaccid

[@zockerhdgarantiert]

I am actually more impressed that the tree is holding up

[@thu4050]

A healthy 50cm diameter deciduous tree is (safely) rated to take 20T of pull

[@joetho96]

The real MVP

[@cheerdiver]

@@thu4050 Yet tires on dirt, would yield at a much lower tension. By the deflection, tension was minor. Half way expected him to rest the bumper on the tree in front of the truck. That hydraulic wench unit didn't even warm up, no where near it's potential. Commercial equipment use hydraulics for good reason, extreme power being primary.

[@nathan1sixteen]

@@cheerdiver I was thinking the exact same thing. He maybe had a few hundred pounds of tension on the cable, but nothing close to the claimed 18k

[@PuFFerTV98368]

@@nathan1sixteen that is because he is a veterinarian and not an engineer...

[@judgedredd3921]

Dude that truck is amazing. Keep up the videos A+

[@NANDOFFDataRecovery]

Great video.. Interesting stuff

[@Jett-King]

Man, I'm glad you didn't have a "Ghost Ship" moment.

[@monkcho7934]

That movie f3cked me up as a kid

[@BigTsAutomotive]

Bruh that’s the exact thing I thought of too

[@myearshurtnoone1367]

lmao was curious what you ment so i looked up the movie clip XD

[@clukskin]

@@monkcho7934 me too

[@hudsonbear5038]

Ghost Ship moment????

[@Fox724]

Matt: "Do you know how hard it is to put tension on stuffs?" Teachers: "Pathetic"

[@stephenscholan8469]

That was an amazing and risky video!

[@robertwest3093]

Just your intros are worth the price of admission!

[@konradterlikowski8788]

"If I get cut in half..." - when standing a good distance away. Cameraman, standing almost next to the cable.....

[@Dom-wg1pk]

I noticed that too😂😂😂

[@notoriginal1087]

Camera men/women can't die what's the concern?

[@imevenapersontoo]

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[@notoriginal1087]

@@imevenapersontoo never thought of that gave me a mild exhale from my nose

[@anthonyitaliano7316]

@@imevenapersontoo I don't get it?

[@markcrites7060]

Alternate title: Matt tries to one up KY Ballistics.

[@Refilon]

approaching a cable under tension after you gave it bullet damage is really smart!

[@c3homeimprovementllc927]

Great shooting

[@Scott_C]

This is where we need The Slow Mo Guy to show up with his new insanely fast high speed camera..

[@ICKY427]

ive been wanting that colab for years

[@AngelGonzalez-fd7rp]

They only live about 2 maybe 3 hours away from each other aswell

[@lanasmith4795]

@@AngelGonzalez-fd7rp isn't gavin like religiously antigun anymore?

[@30ART5]

@@lanasmith4795 Gavin and Dan have done stuff with firearms as well as with Destin from Smarter Everyday. I can't speak to his affinity to firearms, but I bet that if there is some really good content, Gavin could be persuaded.

[@rahulpm2884]

I've commented this like a billion times man!!!

[@upneds]

I’d say there is about 2-4000 lbs of tension on cable, u wana max out cable tension, park truck behind tree so push bar is up against tree and then max wench out

[@barelyfree9427]

Was thinking the same thing, having it slide forward a bit it NOT even close to full weight of the truck.

[@Mouse231]

You could tell the cable was nowhere near max tension with how much play was in it when he moved it back and forth with his hand. A max tension cable would not move if you tried pushing on it.

[@nahfam360]

@@Mouse231 also, actual max tension would have pulled that little tree into outer space

[@tamariderr]

Perhaps he'll do a third cable video :)

[@jerrybobteasdale]

You're right, but man, that's potentially damaging to tree and truck...and would be fun to watch.

[@jacobdaugherty801]

Hey bro could you please do a part 3 or “III” and I love all content I have been watching so far and I love that there is always going to be something new and different and all ways funny,exciting, and even more so interesting as well as enjoyable and entertaining there’s always a new lesson in every aspect of every video you make. And even every story that you take the time tell too ppl like me. As well as everybody;-> that gets the chance(s) to be watching. I think I possibly speak for everyone who has watched, or been watching. Thank you for the video’s nd stories as well as sharing your experience’s n perspectives. And thank you for sharing your thoughts about everything.

[@thomasgreehan6723]

Absolutely love this, however I've Installed elevator cables my whole career and although very similar elevator cables have a hemp rope core.

[@lord_hemp]

Seriously?

[@nickd.8289]

Always

[@maximumdunk2656]

I swear to god, 90% of Matt's guns aren't even sighted in; he just Kentucky windages everything.

[@beansrtasty2334]

It would take forever to sight them all in 😂

[@petfroggydbm1327]

most likely correct

[@saltysaty8686]

You can have a rifle sighted in at 100 yards but at 37 yards it's not going to be on. Your dealing with throwing very accurate and very fast rocks so you are going to have up and down at different ranges. Up and down a inch is going to be hard to get This is impressive shooting to get on the first try. I kindof doubt this was first try but also he's been shooting stuff like this for a decade so also wouldn't be surprised if he's got that sorted.

[@maximumdunk2656]

@@saltysaty8686 Sir, it was a joke; I know how rifle sighting works.

[@doozerchuck8625]

He has Peterson Armory come out ever month and sight his guns.

[@linuxares]

12:30 Shoutout to the camera man that dares to stand so close!

[@micahphilson]

When it cut half the cables, those cables were no longer under tension, so I imagine the .50 could potentially cut clean through in one shot! Overall, though, really surprising and interesting!

[@JIMJAMSC]

Former pilot and I was fortunate to have been around and flown in some WW2 bombers like the B-17/B-25 and the B-29. One story I kept hearing from veterans who flew them said that during the long flights many would take grease and grease up the control cables that ran from the cockpit, along the inside fuselage to for example the tail. Idea being a bullet would hit and "slide off" rather than nick it. None knew if it did helped but sitting miles up anything that MIGHT help they tried.

[@toffeecoffee9618]

You the only KZbinr i know that say "I love you" and "shut up" to the viewers. 😂😂😂

[@grimsoul0]

Just like in life. You can love someone but sometimes you just have to tell them to shut up.

[@iaadsi]

This is proper science. Your initial experiment failed peer review, so you re-tested with proper controls for external variables, and now we're further along as a species.

[@spencerjensen1993]

Hahahaha! Yup!

[@coryrose1821]

He was closer to passing peer review this time, but the cable would have been in full tension(the force to pull the truck. Assume less than half the weight of the truck) while pulling the truck, but as soon as the wench stops pulling the only tensile force will be that caused from the weight of the cable. This could be fixed by ensuring the truck does not move while tightening the wench

[@BrokeWrench]

@@coryrose1821 he just needs to put the truck on a incline to ensure tension

[@jasoncamilleri625]

@@coryrose1821 you could hear that the winch itself was struggling , and likely was very close to max pulling force, so an 18,000 pound winch pulling almost as hard as it can is good enough to be more than the force of an actual elevator

[@aeonise]

When the gun-nut 'tuber does better science than most of the "scientists" you hear about in the news.

[@LandElevated]

Lots of information we could get from your channel! We will surely share your videos with our customers who bought land from us, which are near hunting areas. They also love guns!

[@eyesintheskies]

Amazing the old rope held!

[@eyesintheskies]

Just realised it’s a chain 🤦🏻‍♀

[@Dogburt_Junior]

"How did that not break" It's not under full tension, it just doesn't have any slack. When it's under tension you shouldn't be able to push or move it by hand. The 5-ton sliding is just the drag of the wheels, which is a lot, but I'd imagine it's less than 3 tons. If someone wants to work out the physics problems to prove me wrong feel free to.

[@MustObeyTheRules]

He should’ve put the bumper against that tree in front of it and maxed that winch completely out.

[@jaredhayward3945]

True it's not under full tension, you have dirt (which is going to slid fairly easy under the wheels), wheels themselves moving, the ropes and chains taking some, and that little tree would probably be cracking with that much tension if it didn't just break in half. Hanging the truck would put more tension on the cable then pulling with the winch But like he pointed out in the video vertical tension is harder to achieve in this scenario then horizontal tension.

[@evictioncarpentry2628]

Thank you. Came to comment the same thing. Once the wheels are sliding it is not full tension. He should have anchored the truck from the rear so it could not move.

[@anthonyitaliano7316]

@@jaredhayward3945 He should just buy a beater/junker car, attach a winch to it, and lift it up a tree. I've seen people pull their Jeeps vertically using their winch, so it's totally do-able.

[@realsirpurr]

Plus side: Sounds like we'll need a part 3 video to test this out

[@Tiermagath]

You know, I can't shake the feeling. I just moved to Texas with my family. Every time I look out the window, I can't stop the thought about this guy being somewhere very close to where I live. Somewhere, out there in those trees.

[@maxdrags3115]

Follow the sounds of the bullets flying everywhere my child, it will lead you to SalvationRanch.

[@Tiermagath]

@@maxdrags3115 The funny thing is, it seriously would not be hard.

[@donnstambaugh1506]

Great job on the safety protocol. Sometimes is may seem cheesy and thats true. Still the smart move.,.

[@durrty8]

The intros of the best

[@buddywilson7883]

Is it just me or is the sound a lever action makes when being cocked like satisfying and amazing lol

[@stephenreed3381]

It is. It's why my lever action is one of my favorites. (Along with my pump action shotgun.)

[@enderman5423]

Yes

[@slowmotionbetterthannomotion.]

@@stephenreed3381 what model?

[@stephenreed3381]

@@slowmotionbetterthannomotion. Sears Roebuck Model 54 (apparently a rebranded Winchester Model 94?)

[@ajlapp3688]

I should introduce you to my 12 gauge 😁😁

[@christianmadden5342]

Judging by the sway in the cable, it definitely was not anywhere near 18k lbs of tension and most likely nowhere near the max load limit on it but it was for sure a better test than the original

[@mikelarin8037]

I agree. Theres no way it's that much. At the most it's the amount of friction the rear tires give

[@woswasdenni1914]

its barely enough to hold the cable. which makes sense, the truck weights 18k itself, but on weels. without the breaks a human could pull that, now you need only overcome the breaks on dirt. if i had to geuss somewhere between 1000-2000 pounds but i tend more towards the lower end

[@crustycritters6148]

the tree might b swaying

[@christianmadden5342]

@@crustycritters6148 when he grabs the cable is when it really starts moving. He grabs it and kinda shakes it and it moves very easily whereas if it was at full tension it'd be like trying to make a brick wall wiggle

[@setharookazoo]

Very true.

[@daniillaiter8449]

Отличное видео!!! Спасибо вам ребят!