Thread: Shocking 4wd recovery death

Very sad for the parents, especially the father, my condolences to him and his family.

This is one reason I've never been a fan of using the bullbar as a snatch recovery point.

Baz.

Not the first time a bull bar has come off in a recovery either.

Regards
Max P

The Nissan Patrol attached a snatch strap to the Landcruiser that pulled part of the roo-bar off the vehicle.

Lets not all jump to conclusions, whilst this is a terrible incident, and would be devastating for ALL involved, we are not really in too much of a position to comment without all the facts.

Was it the bull bar that became detached or part of the bar, two very different scenarios.


Martyn

Originally Posted by Bushie

Was it the bull bar that became detached or part of the bar, two very different scenarios.

Very good point. Perhaps it was something on the bull bar like those HiLift rings we discussed earlier.

Hell's Bells (I nearly wrote something else!).

That's terrible. My sincere sympathy to the family and any others involved.

Very sad indeed.

Its hard for some people to comprehend the severity of a simple recovery.

I have been unfortunate yet at the same time fortunate enough to see some recoverys go bad, and I think it was seeing all this at a younger age (from safe distances) I learnt the safety aspect pretty fast.

Unfortunately for some people they dont realise this until its too late.

I always find myself telling people to get back, my missus for example is only new to the sport, and on the springs trip with the GCLRO we did a fairly basic recovery on a hill and I had to tell her three times to stay clear and was just constantly keeping a look out for her.

I know I have ranted on about this before, and I know in some cases even with correct safety things can, and do go wrong, but most the time you just have to be 469% aware of the people around.

Again very sad indeed.

I read this yesterday....I have a 12 yr old daughter....plus 3 other children. If anything, things like this will only make me more vigilant as I am sure others will be too. So very sad,

Regards

Stevo

Originally Posted by Tusker

Not the first time a bull bar has come off in a recovery either.
Regards
Max P

Too right Max

Many revoveries are accidents just waiting to happen, it is a wonder and pure luck that more injuries don't happen.

When you see footage of some people's "recoveries" it makes you're spine shudder!

Sometimes even being in the car is not a safe location. So just the 2 drivers and everyone else well out of dangers reach.

Originally Posted by Bushie

Lets not all jump to conclusions, whilst this is a terrible incident, and would be devastating for ALL involved, we are not really in too much of a position to comment without all the facts.

Was it the bull bar that became detached or part of the bar, two very different scenarios.
Martyn

Martyn

As you and others have suggested it is a dreadfull event for the family, whether you have children of a similar age or not.

I wish these reports would be more explicit about the actual "part of the bullbar" but I guess that's the nature of news.