Diameter of wire rope. Number of strands x wires/strand. Type of steel . Length of wire rope. Breaking strength and WLL at 5:1 (example: 7/16 inches, 6 x 19 EIPS, 125 feet in length, WLL of 7,400 ...

Way back in the ’70’s, I worked painting watertowers around the Midwest. The quote “Don’t saddle a dead horse” was our mantra when rigging cables for access.