The knobs with snatch straps thread

[cucinadio]

YouTube- Stay Away From Straps :angel:


cheers

[Sleepy]

Yes, a common problem when recovering cubby houses:angel::p

Similar problem when recovering trees.

YouTube- how (not) to use the winch

[cucinadio]

lol.yhea saw that one too...lol

[p38arover]

A shovel would have got the truck free!

[V8Ian]

A shovel would have got the truck free!
Obviously he's not shovel endorsed. ;)

[Slunnie]

I suspect reverse might have done the trick also.

[p38arover]

I suspect reverse might have done the trick also.

I thought so, too.

[loanrangie]

Yes, a common problem when recovering cubby houses:angel::p

Similar problem when recovering trees.

YouTube- how (not) to use the winch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47EEkq4ehlE)


He was winching off a toothpick :o .

[subasurf]

The sheer stupidity of some people amazes me.

[blackbuttdisco]

I remember years ago at Cape Patterson, Vic. The army decided they would go over the egde and down the bottom of the dunes, pick up a big rock with a crane on the back of a LandRover and get it back up to the top. They loaded the rock ok and started to winch and drive the LR back up. With the LR in low it proceeded to dig itself in, even with the winch on the top pulling. Then a senior sort of voice said "turn that bloody engine off". They did and then it was winched up the hill ok.

[VladTepes]

!st video could be called "Why not to use snatch straps as demolition tools" or "Proof Hummer drivers are tools"

[slug_burner]

!st video could be called "Why not to use snatch straps as demolition tools" or "Proof Hummer drivers are tools"

Or "Make sure the tool you use is not the driver!"

[Davo]

Aah, Youtube . . . what better way to waste time and get an education all at once.

I don't think you could outdo this mob. They make pretty much every mistake in the book: YouTube- VERY professional kinetic rope snatch recovery

[V8Ian]

Lucky lads, :o they don't seem to have learnt anything from the experience though. :(

[Sleepy]

That one made me shut me eyes. OMG :eek2:

Last time I saw two snatch straps joined by a D-shackle I hid behind the biggest tree I could find. They should only be joined by looping them inside each other (then use rolled up newspaper or a stick to stop them jamming together).

Love the "Watch owt for tow ball com't trew back window" comment. :o

Snatch strap should have warnings - "DON'T JOIN TWO STRAPS WITH A SHACKLE".

[p38arover]

A snapped winch cable and a snatch strap and they still didn't keep clear!

[subasurf]

Aah, Youtube . . . what better way to waste time and get an education all at once.

I don't think you could outdo this mob. They make pretty much every mistake in the book: YouTube- VERY professional kinetic rope snatch recovery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8lMxYnGIrw&feature=related)

hahah I left a comment on that video earlier today. haha

[Sparksdisco]

That one made me shut me eyes. OMG :eek2:

Last time I saw two snatch straps joined by a D-shackle I hid behind the biggest tree I could find. They should only be joined by looping them inside each other (then use rolled up newspaper or a stick to stop them jamming together).

Love the "Watch owt for tow ball com't trew back window" comment. :o

Snatch strap should have warnings - "DON'T JOIN TWO STRAPS WITH A SHACKLE".


that video shows that survival of the fittest is just not working on humans:mad::mad::mad:

That strap should of broken and went through all the bystanders and then through the back window and the schackle embedded in the drivers head.


worst of all they were landrover drivers:bangin::bangin::bangin:


Ive done some dodgey things befor but that is just plain suicide:eek::eek::eek:

[seano87]

Aah, Youtube . . . what better way to waste time and get an education all at once.

I don't think you could outdo this mob. They make pretty much every mistake in the book: YouTube- VERY professional kinetic rope snatch recovery (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8lMxYnGIrw&feature=related)

I could barely watch at some points, I even felt sick at one stage.

Then I started reading some of the comments - here's one from the guy who did the snatching...

"Also, You can hear the camera man repeatedly telling people to stand clear, although as we saw they whip inline with the vehicles so as long as your a good few car lengths away. The other bonus of using towballs is that they tend to stretch the bolts until the rope will no longer stay on . Anything with a shackle and you end up with a deadly weapon if it breaks off the vehicle. I didnt like putting the shackle in the middle but I thought I needed the length to pull from the flat"

I'm speechless as to the towball stretching part... :o

[Boxhead63]

Dumb, Dumb, Dumb as dog ****. Will say, i once saw a supposedly qualified instructor with a well known japanese branded 4x4 club attach a winch cable to a dead tree on a steepish hill and commence to winch, yes the inevitable happened nearly dropping it on a kid standing nearby.

Rob

[LRPV]

LiveLeak.com - guy almost gets hit in the face with a broken winch cable

[Sleepy]

guy almost gets hit in the face with a broken winch cable

:o - even made his cap spin around backwards

[ADMIRAL]

The most frightening aspect about the episode, is they think it is all a big joke. It hasn't occurred to them how close that was to a tragedy.

On second thoughts, the most frightening thing about that was I don't believe they learnt anything.

I hope their luck holds for everyone else's sake !

[p38arover]

Two years ago I had a detached retina. Whilst I was waiting to be assessed at Sydney Eye Hospital, there was a bloke there who was also requiring surgery - he had been hit in the eye with a snapped cable on a construction site.

[Sparksdisco]

LiveLeak.com - guy almost gets hit in the face with a broken winch cable (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aba_1232605716)

Funny that the bloke in the car says "there was nothing i could do"

I could see a lot that he could of don e. :(:(:(

Just not when he was in the car getting winched.:angel::angel::angel:

[Stuck]

But wait, there's more !!!.
YouTube- Land Rover Discovery destruction #1 'DEATH JUMP'
YouTube- Land Rover Discovery destruction #2 'SUICIDE HILL'
YouTube- Land Rover Discovery Distruction #3 THE RESCUE
YouTube- Land rover Discovery destruction #4 Concrete Blocks of Doom


Are these blokes playing poker with a euchre deck or what ?.

[waynep]

hows about this one .....longish at the start but woth waiting

LiveLeak.com - Land Rover Destroys Tow Truck - Uncut


I'm thinking a light tug with a snatch strap is all that's needed ...and that's what they finally do.

[THE BOOGER]

wrong thread

[Zute]

In the end, I was hoping Tom would die. Does this make me a bad person ?

[p38arover]

In the end, I was hoping Tom would die. Does this make me a bad person ?

I was hoping the cameraman would just shut up! At least one can turn down the volume.

I find the lack of the word "the" in his speech to be extremely annoying. I've noticed it in other Brit stuff - is is a regional dialect?

[adonuff]

Hi
I agree with Zute, Dont think it will be too long before they make the Darwin awards. This might be for the best as I think the Gene pool would be better off without Tom and Co.

Andrew

[Bush65]

I like this recovery. The recovery truck is powered by a 3.9 litre Cummins 4BT, about as close to the mighty Isuzu 4BD1T as you can get :D

YouTube- M-715 4x4 In action

[pando]

more knobs, no broken snatch straps but a broken truck.

LiveLeak.com - Land Rover Destroys Tow Truck - Uncut