Does this wire rope need to be replaced?

I stored my tractor with the home-made hydraulic bucket outdoors under a deck that leaked slighty.

LPS-3 protected the bare metal from rust except where hydraulic oil leaks washed it off.

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Navy definitions are very far from standard English, like saying "head" for what the rest of us associate with our other end.

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Gunner Asch on Sat, 18 Jul 2015 22:37:35 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

"beat on is like a smith with 'issues'."

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The large majority of quality wire rope is made of plain, medium-carbon steel (1040 - 1050). It's a little soft for knife blades.

Hah! Very good.

This may be helpful:

It gives me a few things to check on the A frame hoist I've been using to stack logs.

-jsw

It would be a good "plow" material, being made from "Extra Enhanced Plow Steel".

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You do sound like you know something, indeed...

"Plow steel" is plain carbon steel, medium- to hight-carbon. It's an old term but today it applies mostly to the steel used in wire rope.

Most wire rope steel is around 1050; rarely over 1070. Higher carbon is stronger, but it also has less ductility and elongation. So breaking a few fibers becomes more of a risk, because it stretches less before breaking, so it gives you less warning when it's ready to break.

this is what I bought:

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Not too bad. Buy a spool or just the length you needed?

Just the length I needed, plus extra 2 feet.

Retired elevator wire rope is commonly woven into blasting mats. We see them all the time around here when they're blasting for new McMansions on the cliffs.