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The winch on the truck is used to hoist the garbage bin onto the bed of the truck. If the loaded bin has a weight of 8500 lb and center of gravity at G, determine the force in the cable needed to begin the lift. The coefficients of static friction at A and B are mA = 0.3 and mB = 0.2, respectively. Neglect the height of the support at A.

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QUESTION:

The winch on the truck is used to hoist the garbage bin onto the bed of the truck. If the loaded bin has a weight of 8500 lb and center of gravity at G, determine the force in the cable needed to begin the lift. The coefficients of static friction at A and B are mA = 0.3 and mB = 0.2, respectively. Neglect the height of the support at A.

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The following are given by the question:

The loaded bin weight,  

The coefficients of static friction at A,

The coefficients of static friction at B, 

The angle made by the cable with horizontal,

The free body diagram of the loaded bin can be calculated as

                                       

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