Never seen a towbar that was not welded together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparksdisco
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Never seen a towbar that was not welded together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sparksdisco
Ayup, kind of the point really. Just lucky no one was in that passenger seat.Quote:
Originally Posted by flagg
And in the previous vid from Ireland, they were using chain and nothing to absorb shock.
Alan
Oh dear, that is real sad just before Chrissy or at any time really.
Another case of towing incorrectly.
i heard on the radio this morning......sad indeed
very sad, he was somebody's son.
Bloody sad alright.
Another situation of a tie down point being used as a tow point ?
They ought to remove the damn things from cars when they drive them off the trucks at the dealers....
But then how will the tow truck operator tie it down when returning it to the dealer for warranty repairs?Quote:
Originally Posted by VladTepes
Two points about the accident -
1. He should not have been anywhere where he could get hit if anything failed
2. It will be interesting to find out what actually failed. Could have been the hook, for example.
I hope nobody from here was involved, but it serves as a reminder that recovery or towing is potentially dangerous and needs to be treated as such.
John
My reading between the lines is that they were 2wd cars that had been bogged - afterall if it had been 4wds the media would not have passed up the chance to mention this.
Its sounds like it was a 2wd tow hook that came off rather than a tie down point but information is sketchy in the report. In either case both are not up to it for deeply bogged cars.
Garry
A very sad situation close to Christmas! :(
Yes it did say "hook" in the article and as we know, rated "D" shackles are the way to go.
How many "tow ropes" do you see in auto parts stores with bent round bar hooks at the ends?