toslow Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 https://www.exploringoverland.com/overland-tech-travel/2022/7/28/another-hitch-ball-recovery-another-fatality 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 28 minutes ago, toslow said: https://www.exploringoverland.com/overland-tech-travel/2022/7/28/another-hitch-ball-recovery-another-fatality Terrible news. I don't think I have ever heard of that before so thanks for posting it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy davey Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, irv said: Terrible news. I don't think I have ever heard of that before so thanks for posting it up. X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 That's terrible. A guy here in MN died from that exact thing a couple winters ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted August 26, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 26, 2022 They tried using a drop hitch no less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontz Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 God, that's awful ... and for the guy's wife and kids to be in the truck and see it all happen is beyond a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted August 26, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted August 26, 2022 Fuck that made me queasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Hopefully he had good life insurance. Pretty shitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICG Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Cables + chains break becoming a flying projectile's... But to see a steel hitch rip in half. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayatodaU.P.eh? Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I’ve seen hitch receivers break like that before from doing the same shit. People need to not try to recover stuck vehicles if they don’t know what they’re doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 10 hours ago, irv said: Terrible news. I don't think I have ever heard of that before so thanks for posting it up. I have seen a few pics like this over the yrs .I cringe every time I see someone doing it and attempt to stop them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Aboot 15 years ago I was pulling out a semi with a tractor and the hook on the semi broke and shot past my head was kinda crazy I seen the windows drop before I heard the bang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 We always tied a blanket or jacket in the middle of the sling. If it broke it wouldn't do the slingshot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, awful knawful said: We always tied a blanket or jacket in the middle of the sling. If it broke it wouldn't do the slingshot. Seen some vids of people doing exactly that and was surprised it actually works. https://www.pavementsucks.com/threads/towel-or-rag-on-tow-straps.104462/ https://www.offroad-ed.com/michigan/studyGuide/Taking-Precautions-When-Using-a-Recovery-Strap/401023_154775/ https://www.amazon.ca/Recovery-Dampener-Blanket-Storage-Pocket-Light/dp/B07N3T52SZ https://www.readytrekgo.com.au/whats-winch-dampeners-do-i-need-one/ Edited August 27, 2022 by irv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Just now, irv said: Seen some vids of people doing exactly that and was surprised it actually works. https://www.pavementsucks.com/threads/towel-or-rag-on-tow-straps.104462/ https://www.offroad-ed.com/michigan/studyGuide/Taking-Precautions-When-Using-a-Recovery-Strap/401023_154775/ https://www.amazon.ca/Recovery-Dampener-Blanket-Storage-Pocket-Light/dp/B07N3T52SZ https://www.readytrekgo.com.au/whats-winch-dampeners-do-i-need-one/ Yes it really does work. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted August 27, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, awful knawful said: We always tied a blanket or jacket in the middle of the sling. If it broke it wouldn't do the slingshot. Works good but I wonder how well it would do with this amount of mass? If nothing less maybe it would keep it from slingshotting straight back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted August 27, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Works good but I wonder how well it would do with this amount of mass? If nothing less maybe it would keep it from slingshotting straight back I know right, the insert looks to have a 12" drop, must be off some D-bags Bro-dozer. A hollow insert with a 12", what could go wrong.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member 800renegaderider Posted August 27, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 28 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Works good but I wonder how well it would do with this amount of mass? If nothing less maybe it would keep it from slingshotting straight back Definitely makes a difference on a frame machine when a clamp lets go pulling and you got a chain with a 10lb clamp snapping back at you. I was alway taught to throw blankets over chains. We had a guy few years back the chain snapped and hit him in his chest it left perfect chain link rings on his chest I'm sure my manager probably still has a picture somewhere it was pretty crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 45 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: I know right, the insert looks to have a 12" drop, must be off some D-bags Bro-dozer. A hollow insert with a 12", what could go wrong.. Back when I was towing daily for my job, I actually wore out a few hitches, when the the hitch pin holes would get ovaled out or the whole hitch would bend. I ended up finding a solid one, problem solved. Still gotta be careful putting that much pull on anything, from chains to sno bunjes, which are amazing btw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted August 27, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 yrs ago cutting a parking lot. my partner decided to hook a tow strap to the asphalt and pull it up with the bobcat. Hook slipped off and chain came flying back and hit his knee. Dude still dosnt walk right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 About 7 years ago or so I pulled out a stuck logging truck from a neighbors back yard using the hitch on my 2000 3/4 Chevy, the logging truck was empty or I wouldn't have tried, took several tries but we got it unstuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member poopooforme Posted August 27, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted August 27, 2022 I used to throw a short chunk of log chain over my winch cable if I was pulling something tough. same theory. Don't know if that woulda worked but its what I had. We had something like this happen with a guy pulling his tractor out. Chain broke and came back and embedded itself in the steel fender under the buddy seat. 1 foot to the right and the guy woulda been cut in half... Broke the front windows, the back window the buddy seat and stuck into the steel cab frame. Probably needed new drawers after that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayatodaU.P.eh? Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 2 hours ago, DriftBusta said: Back when I was towing daily for my job, I actually wore out a few hitches, when the the hitch pin holes would get ovaled out or the whole hitch would bend. I ended up finding a solid one, problem solved. Still gotta be careful putting that much pull on anything, from chains to sno bunjes, which are amazing btw. Son Bunjes give me the heebie geebies. There were a few of our guys that use to carry them but since they have come around to learning that with the right techniques, you can get a stuck sled out of pretty much every situation without them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 44 minutes ago, poopooforme said: I used to throw a short chunk of log chain over my winch cable if I was pulling something tough. same theory. Don't know if that woulda worked but its what I had. We had something like this happen with a guy pulling his tractor out. Chain broke and came back and embedded itself in the steel fender under the buddy seat. 1 foot to the right and the guy woulda been cut in half... Broke the front windows, the back window the buddy seat and stuck into the steel cab frame. Probably needed new drawers after that.... What I always stayed away from was guys pulling with wire rope (cables). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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