The Mini Breakaway Pulley from Detonation Technology allows an EOD Tech to create a change in direction during a remote pull. A breakaway pulley can reduce the number of approaches that have to be made when remotely moving an improvised explosive device. The Mini Breakaway Pulley is small, measuring 3″x1″x.5″; light weight, at 2.5oz; and durable, being made entirely from Stainless Steel and Delrin. The breakaway action is triggered by a knot in the line, no additional parts needed. The pulley is built to use line between 5/64″ and 1/8″ (2-3 mm).
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Received one from Lawrence last month; very sturdy, and by comparison to other breakaway pulleys available for individual purchase, super affordable. easily over half the size of the previous breakaway pulley I kept in my tool bag. I haven’t had a ton of chances to play with it yet, but it will reliably feed 5/64″ dynema line and 550 cord. You can’t go any bigger than 550 cord though, but that’s the trade off for how small it is. If you want to make a fully functional HAL kit on a micro-scale, I think this is the only option on the market for this capability at this size.
it’s one of the only gee-whiz toys I’ve gotten for work in the last year that raised my eyebrows.
WOW! That’s awesome.
I want the vicegrips with the welded on anchor points just as much as I want the pulleys!
looks like they sell those on their website as well!
So what was the f’d up situation that lead to the development of this tool?
You could say it was explosive.
That closed gate hook knife looks legit too. Thanks for highlighting these guys SSD, we got mini-breakaways at EOY and they cost us $160ish through a different source. Detonation Technology is priced so reasonably that I would put my own money towards it.
I have one of the hook knives as well as the folding grapnel. I had a vice grip with the attachment point welded on the spine as well, and I gave it away to a team member and regretted it shortly thereafter. Lawrence has developed a very functional and practical tool suite that multiplies capabilities for dismount operations at a pretty minimal cost to weight, and at a very affordable price. For example, that hook knife is only $26, which is no more than most seatbelt cutters that techs already use, but with the added capability of a self-latching gate, an integral attachment point for carabiners, and easily half the size. You may pay the same for the basic capability but you get a lot more bang for your buck.