Thread: Local lad killed by towball

there'll allways be argument over this......

Originally Posted by bblaze

An 18 year old smithton lad has been killed by a towball, sitting in the back seat while a recovery was taking place.
Timely reminder to all to follow safe recovery methods
blaze

Smithton man killed in freak accident - Local News - News - Disasters & Accidents - The Examiner Newspaper

Originally Posted by Sprint

there'll allways be argument over this......

no argument here.....

sad news indeed

and i reckon i will see a few towball recoveries on fraser next week as well

The article mentions tow-ball, tow-bar and towing assembly, so not necessarily a broken tow-ball. However bad news whichever broke free.

C'mon guys how many times have we seen pics of tow balls embedded in bonnets, or through screens. The last one I remember on here was a ball in the tailgate of a champaign coloured 100 Series.

It happens all the time just luckily, they don't always kill people. More importantly it is something that needs to be stamped out, if you see it about to happen, stop it, if they won't stop tell them you no longer wish to continue the trip or go on others with them because of their lack of safe recovery techniques.

Maybe it'll get the message out, maybe it won't but there are people (even on here) that I would never want to be within a kilometre of one of their recoveries. They probably know who they are.

Diana

Originally Posted by weeds

and i reckon i will see a few towball recoveries on fraser next week as well

Your right there.....

Junior scarry saw a couple last week up there,they wouldnt listen.

They will never learn.

I knew a guy years ago who was killed on Moreton island,pulling his beloved Defender that was bogged ,with a tractor,some others on here may also have known him as well.

Half the problem is the fact there are no real recovery points on most standard 4WD's. People then put a tow bar on and hey-presto "Oh look a recovery point!" appears due to lack of understanding of the consequences. It should almost be mandatory to have a recovery receiver in any tow bar on a 4WD that is to go off-road.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Half the problem is the fact there are no real recovery points on most standard 4WD's. .................................................. ...... It should almost be mandatory to have a recovery receiver in any tow bar on a 4WD that is to go off-road.

That's the problem 90% (probably more and Land Rovers included) will never leave the blacktop.

I'll admit, I've done my share of tow ball recoveries, am I lucky ? don't know, but 30 years ago probably no one was aware of the inherent dangers, after all snatch straps were only just starting to appear.


Martyn