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re: Tow hitch breaks off during stuck-truck recovery, kills driver.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:10 pm to White Bear
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:10 pm to White Bear
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I will add a stuck as that truck looks, I’d be calling a tractor. But I understand trying.
Yup, looks like the suctioned to the ground kinda stuck.
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Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:12 pm to genuineLSUtiger
You have to be a redneck to ever have a vehicle off the pavement? How about just don’t be a pussy?
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:14 pm to concrete_tiger
This sucks. Things like this has to be the worst. One second you are just living your life and then the next, some random shite happens and its over.
Its something the wife and kid will live with for the rest of their life.
Its something the wife and kid will live with for the rest of their life.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:26 pm to concrete_tiger
If you spend a lot of time offroading, take a vehicle recovery class.
It is nothing to frick around with and most people have no idea what they are doing.
It is nothing to frick around with and most people have no idea what they are doing.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:28 pm to OweO
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some random shite happens and its over.
That wasn't something random. He choose to be out there in a super duty mudding. And when he got stuck, which was a definite possibility, didn't have the proper gear to get unstuck.
I wouldn't have taken my 3/4 ton, I would have taken my RMAX4 1000. Wouldn't have gotten stuck but easy to recover.
This post was edited on 1/9/23 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:48 pm to brgfather129
Always some retard is arguing over getting you out. Want to prove their truck can do it
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:27 pm to OweO
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One second you are just living your life and then the next, some random shite happens and its over
You’re only one frying pan away from death at any moment.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:43 pm to MyRockstarComplex
They make a recovery ring that inserts into your trailer hitch from an anchor point to rope through or snatch from.
When in doubt re.ove the hitch and place the loop inside the reliever and pin in there.
That ball breaking off will come off like a damn cannon ball.
Only solid hitches bow for me as well. No more of the hollow shite.
When in doubt re.ove the hitch and place the loop inside the reliever and pin in there.
That ball breaking off will come off like a damn cannon ball.
Only solid hitches bow for me as well. No more of the hollow shite.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:47 pm to Hickok
PSA, one of these with a soft shackle and a kinetic rope
Posted on 1/9/23 at 9:51 pm to footswitch
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Willing to bet Chinese bullshite killed somebody.
You can't blame the Chinese for everything. Use/user error seems to have been more of the reason in this case.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 10:01 pm to deltaland
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That’s why always use a chain
Chains can fail very violently. They do stretch some if stressed very hard. Definitely safer than cable, but don't snatch with it without something to dampen it.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 11:41 pm to Jcorye1
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Makes me glad I have a wireless winch.
Bluetooth winches FTW.
Posted on 1/9/23 at 11:55 pm to TDsngumbo
Best way to handle it is just not get stuck. Drop you a 454 in a CJ7 4x4 with 3.5 foot lift, actually just make it 4, 44 inch shoes of the swamper variety. Fours are wild.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:38 am to concrete_tiger
Oh my goodness. Hopefully he didn’t see it coming. If he did he definitely didn’t feel it.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:41 am to deltaland
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That’s why always use a chain not a tow strap. Strap stretches and can slingshot shite
We load test chain, wire rope, synthetic slings at work. I’ve seen a chain fail and a link go through two walls. That’s four sheets of half inch plywood, insulation, and two sheets of sheet metal And that was after it flew almost 40 yards. NEVER use chain for this purpose.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 12:42 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:not safer than cable by any stretch of the imagination.
Definitely safer than cable
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:40 am to Nado Jenkins83
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saw a guy get killed in Ohio by a chain that snapped. Shot through his rear window.
That’s what I imagined when opening this. Not the other way. The speed needed for that hitch to go through a windshield and bend the wheel inward and still have the energy to kill the guy.
The metal that failed looks like an alloy that should be used to pull a wagon by hand or with a golf cart.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 5:49 am to Nado Jenkins83
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I know but I have never seen one in the wild. It’s one of those things most people don’t carry in the recovery kit
If you buy a proper recovery kit they come with them. The ARB kit I bought has one. First thing I thought when I saw the pics was he didnt have a weight on the line. Just absolutely horrific.
Posted on 1/10/23 at 6:18 am to holmesbr
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Don't try to snatch a truck with a hitch and rope not designed to be snatched.
This
Posted on 1/10/23 at 6:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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This post was edited on 2/12/23 at 11:45 pm
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