Shooting an Elevator Cable, Under Max Load!!!

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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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"

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

No one puts as much commitment into an intro so cool

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

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

Appreciate the effort but that cable still had a long ways to go before being anywhere near 18000 pounds of tension

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

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

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

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