Thread: Safe recovery

Just lucky for them it was floating and not bogged. Safer just to let it die naturally I say!

Out of interest, can someone who knows rigging tell us how much approximate strength is lost when you turn a cable back on itself like that?

I was a rigger in a former life, and as far as I know there is no figure for reduction in Safe working load for doing that to a winch wire, however it is a definate no-no. As BBD said, lucky it was floating. Lucky as well because they were hooked onto the tow ball, another no-no. when a tow ball lets go, it becomes a bullet headed for the tow car. People have been killed by them. Better to use a sling around the towbar itself if there are no rated recovery points to use.

Originally Posted by Don 130

I was a rigger in a former life, and as far as I know there is no figure for reduction in Safe working load for doing that to a winch wire,

Probably because nobody who writes rigging data would ever anticipate someone being moronic enough to do it!
I love the guy stepping over the winch cable while they are winching.
I use to spend a fair bit of time in that area, not so much anymore and now I remember why. Absolutely crowded with idiots like this on any weekend.

No decorum in their driving, why would there be in their recoveries?
Lack of concern for just about everything, except planting the big right foot.

But then , not as certain as standing on top of a train and grabbing the catenaries for support as shown in a recent utube.

Same attitudes to safety.
Regards Philip A

Bet that cruiser is an insurance write off. Good to know our premiums go up to cover idiots like that.

lucky that they got it all on film including number plate just so the insurance company can see what really happened eh :-)

S

Yes. good move to leave the number plate clear...

Bet these are the same intellectual level as those who wear those 'activitiy wristbands', - the ones that monitor your hours of sleep, walking/exercising, heart rates etc.....and download all this info onto their FACEBOOK for the whole world to see...

I've been told that some insurance companies are now employing Media Officers, who trawl the internet pond for tidbits of info on their clients... Interesting what they dig up....