PSA: Check your wire rope before it snaps like mine did last Thursday

I was doing a routine clean on a wood stove in a old house downtown and my wire rope just gave out halfway through. The snap happened right as I was pulling the brush back up and it scared me half to death (plus the brush got stuck for a good 20 minutes). I had been using that same rope for about 8 months without really inspecting it for frayed strands. Learned my lesson the hard way - now I'm checking every inch before each job. Anyone else had a close call with equipment failure like this?

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ross.sean4d ago

At least now you've got a built-in reason to carry a bucket of coffee up there.