If the overload has been applied steadily the individual wires usually part first, then the strands will part one by one and the two ends of the parted hawser will usually 'lie dead'.
Ukuba umthwalo ophindiweyo ucelelwe ngokomselo oluzimeleyo, ucingo lusuka lohluke kuqala kwaye imisonto iyakwahluleka nganye-nganye kwaye ezimbini ziphela ekwahlukaneni kwentambo yentsimbi ingasoloko "ife ilele".