With nearly every vid I've just watched with straps snapping, almost always is there some bozo standing waaaay too close (often with beer in hand) the both vehicles and the resulting flying straps/cable.
If you don't need to be there to assist, get the hell out of the way for your own safety sake.
if yall had any idea on what yall were doing, yall would have know that your not supposed to get a running start and hall ass with that type of recovery rope, your supposed to gett it to just about tight if not a little less, then get on it and hit the brakes as had as you can till the rope pulls him out...
My husband is the one that's stuck our son is the one checking the window......YOU SHOULD HAVE CHECKED YOUR DAD........thank you to blokes getting him out but I would have loved to have seen him dig his way out .
Looks like the tow ball ripped off the the other truck. I have never yet seen a strap do that WITHOUT METAL ATTACHED, or ripping metal off of a vehicle. A little tough to blame the strap when its actually the recovery point that fails.
So, I call bullshit on this one. Physics has certain laws, and they tend to repeat themselves.
It'd be nice if the people that do these kind of vids would actually show what really happens.
Winches and straps are best for this sort of thing I think. With chains your relying on the strength of the one weakest link. Besides, I'd rather be hit by a runaway strap than a runaway chain, not that either is good. The greater lesson to be learned from this is don't get stuck. Just my 2 bits.
Who the shit would use a chain ? The same thing happened to some dude at stave lake flew threw his pick up window and fucked him up. U can see video on you tube of the air vac heli Just look up 4x4 stave lake
Anyone else notice most of these towing "gone wrong" videos feature a snatch strap? This has to be the worse way to attempt freeing a stuck vehicle. While offroading, my truck always has a reliable winch and I won't allow a snatch strap anywhere near. Winching may take a bit longer, but the process is safer and far more predictable.
everyone's saying chain buy a chain. Chains are bloody hard on ya waggon for snatching, they beak off your tow hooks and they fly like missiles and cause more damage!!!
If you wanted to avoid breaking that window and possibly leaving you critically injured all you had to do is throw a wet towel over the middle in-between the two ends.
when i use kinetic rope, we use a winch sail which does slow it down a little bit when it lets go, ive broken 3. last two had sails on them and it did slow them a little bit, also never use a shackle, and solid chasis based recovery points!
I always use a really heavy blanket on the middle of the recovery rope, even though its not kinetic ropes I use, but standard heavy duty pulling straps from Därr, a german quality offroad company. but just to be safe I always use the blanket to prevent any snap backs. also I´ll back you up in always using chassis based recovery points. mine are bolted into the chassis with 16 mm bolts, and then fully welded.
I live on al little island, fanoe, on the westcoast of denmark. together with a few other islands here off the coast, we have a lot of sandy beaches, where the tourist always get stuck in the summertime, leaving us locals with a lot of recovery. some 12 years ago, in a dry summer, on the neigbouring island roemoe, a kid got killed sitting in the back of his fathers nissan. their rope tore loose and slashed back with a shackle in the end. hit him in the head. not pretty.
why would there be a shackle on the loose end of a snapped snatch rope? the rope broke, not the shackle, so the shackle would still be attached to the vehicle. think your stories thru, before you try and bullshit us. if the recovery point is what failed (which would explain a flying shackle), then it's no fault of the snatch rope.
relax, mate. I´m not trying to bullshit anyone, you ignorant! as I wrote, the rope connected to the stuck car tore loose and slashed back. the shackle used to connect to the stuck car had come loose(was not tightened properly), and slashed back. I havent said anything about a faulty snatch rope.
alex, my little friend... are you talking to me? learn to read. as I wrote in my first comment, it happened on another island than mine. I wasnt there. think I know a bit more about these matters than you. grow up and go to school.
I do a lot of Rally safety radio. When we are recovering a ditched rally car we have a lot of trouble with spectators getting too close to the recovery. If they could all see this they would understand why we always move them back.
Lucky it wasn't a cable. The guy standing there could have been in trouble along with either driver. Laying a blanket across the rope/cable at either end will help slow it down.
I know someone died from a similar accident the hitch broke and crushed the driver skull.
aldaloo3 2 weeks ago
Do people here honestly believe that a kinetic energy strap is going to get that landy out of the mud? Ridiculous!
BushyFromOz 3 weeks ago
omg. this is the same thing that happened to me. except i have a yukon and the whole glass shattered everywhere.
BlansettAustin 1 month ago
With nearly every vid I've just watched with straps snapping, almost always is there some bozo standing waaaay too close (often with beer in hand) the both vehicles and the resulting flying straps/cable.
If you don't need to be there to assist, get the hell out of the way for your own safety sake.
DENMONKEY 6 months ago 3
@DENMONKEY seems to be a lot of these vids where a snatch strap is probably not the method they should be using in the first place
BushyFromOz 3 weeks ago
if yall had any idea on what yall were doing, yall would have know that your not supposed to get a running start and hall ass with that type of recovery rope, your supposed to gett it to just about tight if not a little less, then get on it and hit the brakes as had as you can till the rope pulls him out...
nickpatton189 11 months ago
He was fine ,he's thick skinned !!
Grasam1 1 year ago
was he ok, saw him get showered with broken glass?
davidlandy 1 year ago
My husband is the one that's stuck our son is the one checking the window......YOU SHOULD HAVE CHECKED YOUR DAD........thank you to blokes getting him out but I would have loved to have seen him dig his way out .
Grasam1 1 year ago
My husband is the one that's stuck and un hurt , did you notice the tall lad with a pair of rigga
Grasam1 1 year ago
you are incorrect. the strap snapped, NOT the ball or anything fixed to either vehicle. Thats what really happened in this case.
davidlandy 1 year ago
Looks like the tow ball ripped off the the other truck. I have never yet seen a strap do that WITHOUT METAL ATTACHED, or ripping metal off of a vehicle. A little tough to blame the strap when its actually the recovery point that fails.
So, I call bullshit on this one. Physics has certain laws, and they tend to repeat themselves.
It'd be nice if the people that do these kind of vids would actually show what really happens.
l337pwnage 1 year ago
Winches and straps are best for this sort of thing I think. With chains your relying on the strength of the one weakest link. Besides, I'd rather be hit by a runaway strap than a runaway chain, not that either is good. The greater lesson to be learned from this is don't get stuck. Just my 2 bits.
Splimis 1 year ago
they did this on myth busters that rope would only give you a bad burn/rash if it hit you
UnknownStoner420 1 year ago
maybe that why we carry two 25ft recovery strap just in case.
akush55 1 year ago
Who the shit would use a chain ? The same thing happened to some dude at stave lake flew threw his pick up window and fucked him up. U can see video on you tube of the air vac heli Just look up 4x4 stave lake
stop2think 1 year ago
Maybe if you actually gave it some drive you would still have your back Window!
thecutzook 1 year ago
Anyone else notice most of these towing "gone wrong" videos feature a snatch strap? This has to be the worse way to attempt freeing a stuck vehicle. While offroading, my truck always has a reliable winch and I won't allow a snatch strap anywhere near. Winching may take a bit longer, but the process is safer and far more predictable.
stewartx5 1 year ago
everyone's saying chain buy a chain. Chains are bloody hard on ya waggon for snatching, they beak off your tow hooks and they fly like missiles and cause more damage!!!
kathryn2348 1 year ago
And that's a lesson in why you don't use rope.
mlodge87 1 year ago
chain chain chain oh and chain
mudhog81 1 year ago
@mudhog81
When you say "chain chain chain"
I hear "killed by flying steal"
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They're called snatch straps, and they stretch for a reason...
Dajida 1 year ago
dam its windy
SuperRobbie1976 1 year ago
If you wanted to avoid breaking that window and possibly leaving you critically injured all you had to do is throw a wet towel over the middle in-between the two ends.
mriphone1000 1 year ago
And this is how I almost died at the age of 8.
Uncle towing a vehicle with a chain that snapped and the chain hook glanced off my head.
NOW,I tell everyone to STAY BACK and I use high quality rope.
RETIREMESOON 2 years ago
you should thank that guy....he just gave you some free air conditioning.
clark1wd 2 years ago
wow was lucky no one was hurt, and the marshall was way way to close. i prefer winch recoveries when it is that badly stuck.
sexybritgent 2 years ago
that why i use a 10000 pound strap for semis
460fordtruckman 2 years ago
Customized window, easier to see out now!!!
deere2630 2 years ago
The little red rig sounds wicked.
papabugs71 2 years ago 2
im glad no1 was hurt
nosflamer 2 years ago 2
hard stuff, lucky nobody hurt
mjtk1 3 years ago
great clip though!
uglynakedguysailling 3 years ago
i think so, yes - the driver was a top guy from Bedford area.
davidlandy 3 years ago
when i use kinetic rope, we use a winch sail which does slow it down a little bit when it lets go, ive broken 3. last two had sails on them and it did slow them a little bit, also never use a shackle, and solid chasis based recovery points!
purbeckprospector 3 years ago
hi purbeck,
I always use a really heavy blanket on the middle of the recovery rope, even though its not kinetic ropes I use, but standard heavy duty pulling straps from Därr, a german quality offroad company. but just to be safe I always use the blanket to prevent any snap backs. also I´ll back you up in always using chassis based recovery points. mine are bolted into the chassis with 16 mm bolts, and then fully welded.
uglynakedguysailling 3 years ago
i use tow ball welded onto rear cross member and wont use rope to pull on bumpers. vid on my account of me snapping the first one!
purbeckprospector 3 years ago
I live on al little island, fanoe, on the westcoast of denmark. together with a few other islands here off the coast, we have a lot of sandy beaches, where the tourist always get stuck in the summertime, leaving us locals with a lot of recovery. some 12 years ago, in a dry summer, on the neigbouring island roemoe, a kid got killed sitting in the back of his fathers nissan. their rope tore loose and slashed back with a shackle in the end. hit him in the head. not pretty.
uglynakedguysailling 4 years ago
why would there be a shackle on the loose end of a snapped snatch rope? the rope broke, not the shackle, so the shackle would still be attached to the vehicle. think your stories thru, before you try and bullshit us. if the recovery point is what failed (which would explain a flying shackle), then it's no fault of the snatch rope.
alexrex20 3 years ago
relax, mate. I´m not trying to bullshit anyone, you ignorant! as I wrote, the rope connected to the stuck car tore loose and slashed back. the shackle used to connect to the stuck car had come loose(was not tightened properly), and slashed back. I havent said anything about a faulty snatch rope.
uglynakedguysailling 3 years ago
so you don;t know how to install a shackle? that's even more embarrassing...
alexrex20 3 years ago
alex, my little friend... are you talking to me? learn to read. as I wrote in my first comment, it happened on another island than mine. I wasnt there. think I know a bit more about these matters than you. grow up and go to school.
uglynakedguysailling 3 years ago
doubt it. you're danish.
alexrex20 3 years ago
and you´re american. need I say more. let´s call it day, concerning this.
purbeck, what truck do you drive, by the way? I drive a HJ61 landcruiser with locking diffs, turbo, intercooler, 35 " BFG MTs.
love my truck.
uglynakedguysailling 3 years ago
Look how cool those guys play it.
allendevil 4 years ago
And that is why i never use a kenetic rope
That is why you shouldn't use a kenetic tow rope unless you really really really need to... and that situation was a time you really didnt need to
Racerx917 - nothing will stop a kenetic tow rope under full load apart form whatever it hits...
JJTrials 4 years ago
Hi,
I do a lot of Rally safety radio. When we are recovering a ditched rally car we have a lot of trouble with spectators getting too close to the recovery. If they could all see this they would understand why we always move them back.
jonnylove71 5 years ago
the blue defender i really stuck!
atsourno 5 years ago
I really don't like kinetic ropes, I personally won't use them on anything heavier than a zuk.
ruuman 5 years ago
Oooops, maybe they should rename the video, Snap Crackle & Pop goes my Window!!
DingleZilla 5 years ago
Ouch, Man that could have been worse. Lucky it wasnt a shackle or the tow bar that let loose..
AussieJeepBasher 5 years ago
Lucky it wasn't a cable. The guy standing there could have been in trouble along with either driver. Laying a blanket across the rope/cable at either end will help slow it down.
Racerx917 5 years ago