Wire Rope Nominal Strengths & Weights

 

Nominal Strengths and Weights – 6 x 19 Class -6 x36Class
DIAMETER
IN
INCHES		 NOMINAL STRENGTH
IN TONS OF 2000 POUNDS		 APPROXIMATE WEIGHT
PER FOOT IN POUNDS
IMPROVED PLOW STEEL EXTRA IMPROVED PLOW STEEL FIBER CORE IWRC
FIBER CORE IWRC IWRC
3/16
1/4
5/16		 1.55
2.74
4.26		 1.67
2.94
4.58		 –
3.40
5.27		 .059
.105
.164		 .065
.116
.18
3/8
7/16
1/2		 6.10
8.27
10.7		 6.56
8.89
11.5		 7.55
10.2
13.3		 .236
.32
.42		 .26
.35
.46
9/16
5/8
3/4		 13.5
16.7
23.8		 14.5
17.9
25.6		 16.8
20.6
29.4		 .53
.66
.95		 .59
.72
1.04
7/8
1
1-1/8		 32.2
41.8
52.6		 34.6
44.9
56.5		 39.8
51.7
65.0		 1.29
1.68
2.13		 1.42
1.85
2.34
1-1/4
1-3/8
1-1/2		 64.6
77.7
92.0		 69.4
83.5
98.9		 79.9
96.
114.		 2.63
3.18
3.78		 2.89
3.50
4.16
1-5/8
1-3/4
1-7/8		 107.
124.
141.		 115.
133.
152.		 132.
153.
174.		 4.44
5.15
5.91		 4.88
5.67
6.50
2
2-1/8
2-1/4		 160.
179.
200.		 172.
192.
215.		 198.
221.
247.		 6.72
7.59
8.51		 7.39
8.35
9.36
2-3/8
2-1/2
2-5/8		 222.
244.
268.		 239.
262.
288		 274.
302.
331.		 9.48
10.5
11.6		 10.4
11.6
12.8
2-3/4
2-7/8
3		 292.
317.
–		 314.
341.
370.		 361.
393.
425.		 12.7
13.9
–		 14.0
15.3
16.6
3-1/8
3-1/4
3-3/8		 –
–
–		 399.
429.
459.		 458.
492.
529.		 –
–
–		 18.0
19.5
21.0
3-1/2 – 491. 564. – 22.6

Available galvanized at 10% lower strengths, or in equivalent strengths on special request.