Thread: OMG

Originally Posted by rangieman

There would be kinetic energy in that recovery .
Which ever safe procedure is always better in any recovery no mater what !

Where? In the dyneema? Insignificant. In the strap? Hardly anything...

He was winching tight then whilst winching asking for drive assist... then stopping as it slacked off..

No Stored kinetic energy in that situation.

That D2 didn't look badly bogged,bit of a dig with the long handled shovel,lower tyre pressures,it probably would have driven out.

If someone isnt prepared to lower their tyre pressures adequately, i wouldnt bother recovering them.

And if the tyre pressures were lowered, he could drive out.

Winching is a great strategy when there isnt firm ground to tow from.

He was too close to the winch rope. The tension might seem small, but it can be enough that if something unhooks why risk anything.

The video is a set up.. demonstration only.

Originally Posted by rammypluge

If someone isnt prepared to lower their tyre pressures adequately, i wouldnt bother recovering them.

And if the tyre pressures were lowered, he could drive out.

Winching is a great strategy when there isnt firm ground to tow from.

He was too close to the winch rope. The tension might seem small, but it can be enough that if something unhooks why risk anything.

The rope won’t hurt - I’ve had Dyneema break right next to my leg.. it goes “fuzzy” and drops.. in that diameter it wouldn’t generate more than being whipped by a towel

What if the winch extension strap, or is that a snatch strap, comes off the towball and whips back?

Is there a hook or metal thingy with a shackle on the end of the winch rope?

Being flicked by a towel in the nads can hurt!

Winch extension straps have no stretch.
Therefore no stored energy.
So even if there is a shackle between rope and strap it would drop down, and they did have a dampening device fitted.

People have died from attaching straps to a tow bar. How heavy would that disco be? it's really a dead weight, kinetic energy doesn't have to come into it. Low range 2nd, CDL engaged, tyres 18 psi, or lower. maxtracks perhaps, that recovery should not have been necessary.