It's lucky no one was killed!

[p38arover]

Just posted onto YouTube is a video of a Patrol trying to recover another. The snatch ripped the bullbar clean off the bogged Patrol. The bullbar flew quite some distance.

I won't post the link as there is almost non-stop foul language (in front of kids, too) but if you search for "what not to do" you might find it.

BTW, don't post the link here or I will infract you.

[Blknight.aus]

4 wd damaged by a snatch strap - YouTube

watch that one, should indicate the kind of energies involved.....

yeah, thats a recovery point INSIDE the rear mounted spare on the vehicle.

Dont listen to the guy who reckons its safe to use again.

cant find the link in youtube ron, any chance of it PM style or confirmation if its been deleted?

[dunk_98]

cant find the vid can you give us the actual title of the clip

[p38arover]

what not to do, 4x4 patrol. It's still there. Monaroman37's channel

PM sent.

[Recy Mech]

Nope, I can't locate the vid. Tried all kinds of search permutations. Anyway, probably like all other kinds of recovery - all good intentions in the wrong hands. "I know boats."

[Recy Mech]

Whoa!

Just taking the vid on face value, without knowing if there where previous attempts to recover. Ol' mate may of been a bit gung-ho on the happy pedal.

I think there are a number of lessons in that video:

Recovery points - rated?
People/pets (dogs) clear of recovery once commited. Luckily they where. Methinks that maybe someone knew this may happen.
Is the strap a 'snatch-em' or tree protector - there is a difference.

[Sleepy]

No I can't find it either - Is this a payback for that hidden cat photo Ron? :lol2:

[Col.Coleman]

what not to do, 4x4 patrol. It's still there. Monoaroman37's channel

PM sent.

Try Monaroman37

:D:D:D

CC

[BigJon]

Found and viewed. They really should have been recovering it backwards.

[VladTepes]

Must be something about Patrol drivers...

Beach Road Rage - YouTube

[WhiteD3]

Bogan TV? Didn't realise they had their own channel.

[fraser130]

Ron, I suspect it's been removed, any chance of a pm in case I just can't find it?

Fraser

[p38arover]

Still there, Fraser.

PM sent

[fraser130]

Thanks Ron, Hmmmmm, certainly shows how stupidity can so easily go wrong.
Lucky onlookers.
Thanks for that. I think.

Cheers,
Fraser

[Landover]

It certainly made them turn to religion.

It really make you rethink your position of safety.

[101RRS]

There is more than one way to skin a cat :D

View topic - Recoveries, A timely reminder | Australian 4WD Action (http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=127322)

[SPROVER]

Must be something about Patrol drivers...

Beach Road Rage - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265F7SRaEGg&feature=player_embedded)

What the hell is wrong with these idiots? What was he trying to achieve? :confused:

[Hymie]

I like the comments.
"Should have used a Dampener".
A lot of good that would have done.

[Jock The Rock]

Just flicking through

Have a squiz at this, pretty amazing no one was injured

List of wrongs is quite long

VERY professional kinetic rope snatch recovery - YouTube

[Sleepy]

Yeah I love that one Jock. Saw it a while back.

I think when they sent all us convicts out here, we must have brought all the shovels with us!

Bloody idiots! I love the guy standing only a few meters to the left of screen.

As the first tug fails - he takes 2 steps back and puts his hands in his pockets.
:lol2: - that'll help when that shackle lets go....luckily the strap failed first.

Oh well, I have seen some pretty stupid things done and all I did was stand behind the biggest tree I could find. You can't tell some people.

[Sleepy]

P.S. I would have found it first time if Ron had spelled his user name correctly.....:angel:





(Ron 871, Sleepy 1:arms:)

[Sprint]

cant find it, only seems to be a couple of vids on monaroman37's channel.....

can someone PM me with a link please?

[rick130]

cant find it, only seems to be a couple of vids on monaroman37's channel.....

can someone PM me with a link please?

Still there ;)

[Judo]

I was really hoping the beach patrol got bogged when the water washed under the vehicle.

[uninformed]

I wish I was there with a swear jar....I could have raised enough funds to rebuild my engine :D

[Guillocuda]

Just for everyone's information..

Direct quote from someone who was there:

"strap was attached to steel rated recovery point bolted to chassis, alloy bar bolted to said bracket, recovery point was ripped from chassis and took bullbar with it, sheered 2 bolts and tore bit chassis out, very lucky no one was in way"

Lucky that no-one was hurt or killed? bloody oath they were!!
Unlucky that it happened.

For clarification, I wasn't there, but the guy driving the white GQ is a mate of mine who lives not far from me!

[101RRS]

I read that also - more like BS to me - an excuse to deflect the comments on the vid. If it as was listed - what were the bolts made of - when it all separated why did it take the bullbar with it - I suspect the so called rated points were on the bullbar that is the only way the bullbar would have gone flying as it did.

[Leroy_Riding]

What a Pack of idiots, I call BS about them not recovering from the bar, no way it would have come of like that if It was attached as they say and were was the equalizer strap?, also, why on earth did the lead-footed moron take off so quick?

[benji]

Ditto, the Patrol driver was at fault here. That last effort wasn't a snatch, it was just recklesness! There comes a point where you have to winch, and that point was way before the effort of that last tug.

Trawling through some gecki sites a few months ago, someone did the maths.
A towball with 1.8 tonnes of pressure on an 8 tonne snatch strap will travel at 430kph! And 1.8 tonnes is not a heavy snatch!

Just last September we refused to pull out a hilux as he insisted on using the ball for the recovery - ignorance is not so bliss afterall.

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

Must be something about Patrol drivers...

Beach Road Rage - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265F7SRaEGg&feature=player_embedded)
Le Tosser!
I couldn't see what the tossers were laughing about, the driver is a clown.
Hope his insurance company see's how he acts. I was waiting in anticipation for him to get booged at the waters edge, but he managed to get out ok.

[timbo]

Just flicking through

Have a squiz at this, pretty amazing no one was injured

List of wrongs is quite long

VERY professional kinetic rope snatch recovery - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8lMxYnGIrw&feature=endscreen&NR=1)

My god... It goes from bad to worse.

So many people in the line of fire! I was shouting at the screen, telling them to get out of the way!

Then after that repeated high speed tugging stupidity, they zoom in and reveal that it's attached to not just one tow ball, but the tow balls of both vehicles!!