Thread: Snatch Recovery goes wrong - Ouch

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Both of those videos are better than seeing a shackle go through somebodies head, or snapped wire rope taking it off....

While I don't disagree that being near a recovery unless you absolutely have to is bad, Mythbusters reckon it isn't possible to be cut in half by a wire / rope that breaks:

Annotated Mythbusters: Episode 62: Killer Cable Snaps, Pottery Record

(sorry can't find a video link, but it is inspiring footage)

Then again, thier test left me in do doubt that getting hit by a broken wire is DEFINITELY going to leave a mark

Originally Posted by garrycol

So you are calling just about everyone on here a DICK HEAD. Quite a silly statement really.

I have driven as most people have on beaches - if you haven't you are missing a great part of 4wding. Not had a rusted 4wd either.

Garry

OK I'll rephrase, If you drive through Saltwater or drive where you are likely to get stuck and saltwater damages your car you are a DICKHEAD, no need to drive on a beach unless it is a gazetted road. even if you are a fisherman .

no need to feel offended , Ive been a dickhead on occasions too, heck if the greenies had their way I'd probably be locked up with the rest of y'all

more idiots

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPIeqh7guWs]Why 4x4 Recovery is dangerous. - YouTube[/ame]

^^^ Great vid, thanks for sharing.

So much wrong with all of those "recoveries"

Well perhaps not literally cut in half but killed, easy.

I am thinking about carrying some small sea drogues in my recovery kit and as well as the usual dampers on winch cables and snatch straps, tying a sea drogue to any shackles or hooks used so that if they detach their speed will be either reduced or stopped by the drogue.

A bit hard to safely test if it would work though and not much good if you have a Patrol bull bar flying through the air.

Garry

First one is the result of some inbreeding and the second is a setup for the camera - worked cos it got people talking and more sponsorship exposure as a result

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Well perhaps not literally cut in half but killed, easy.

Very easily. And if not that certainly left with a long term "reminder"

Originally Posted by garrycol

I am thinking about carrying some small sea drogues in my recovery kit and as well as the usual dampers on winch cables and snatch straps, tying a sea drogue to any shackles or hooks used so that if they detach their speed will be either reduced or stopped by the drogue.

A bit hard to safely test if it would work though and not much good if you have a Patrol bull bar flying through the air.

Garry

Interesting theory, but tough to implement in practice.

I saw a snatch strap a while ago with a backup attachment point. Theory was that if the main point, or whatever your main point was attached to, blew up then it would fall back to the backup.

Trouble being whatever force is left after blowing up the first point then needs to be taken up (likely as a shock load) on the backup and attachment point.

Given the option I'd much rather a set of equalised loading points rather than one single point and a backup.

Similar problem with the drogue - it will be tough to work out what will fail, and even then how it will fail. Then again, having a drogue will at worst be the same as not having one, but at best be a saviour...