DaveMueller
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When things go wrong:
If you had doubts about pull ropes...
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Just a big rubber band. Add a clevis or hitch insert on the end and it becomes quite the weapon.
SylvainG
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Two things, I hope nobody got hurt and I hate when they post in wide screen a video that was taken with the phone vertically. On Android YouTube, you can't zoom in so it's either very small vertically, or small horizontally. Either way, it can't fill the screen.
DaveMueller
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I guess they cut out the part that showed the Jeep driver with his jaw ripped off. I didn't watch the hole thing when I posted, but saw it on a Jeep page a year or so ago.
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I watched the first video thru the first vehicle pull. I couldn't stand it any longer.
I bought my first rope in 1979. I've owned several over the years. Have used them dozens of times.
I don't appreciate this man publishing videos using a product in such a dangerous manner!!! He is going to be responsible for someone's serious injury or death because they watched his videos and followed his lead. Bad, bad, bad man.....
Over the years I've saw a LOT of damage caused by rope failure. Vehicles destroyed. Fortunately no injury or death in our group. Many close calls before we learned what to not do. We still carry ropes and use them when necessary. But we exercise great caution and have definite rules.
Never put a chain in the mix!!!! I've saw chains get thrown past the tow vehicle 30 feet. I saw a chain and clevis go thru the back window of a pickup, thru the front window and lay out on the sand in front of the vehicle.
Every pull the drivers should be laying in the seats. Never sit upright and pull or be pulled!!!!
The more I type the more angry I am becoming...... Failure is going to happen with injury or death because of this man's videos.... Please review these videos carefully looking for the details. How the ropes are fastened to each vehicle. Position of drivers. And more importantly position of onlookers. Especially when multiple ropes are hooked together. No one should be in the "kill zone". That's the distance of the combined ropes....
Never, ever, ever use a clevis to fasten two ropes together!!!! There's a simple way to fasten them together that requires no metal and they are very easy to get apart.
I bought my first rope in 1979. I've owned several over the years. Have used them dozens of times.
I don't appreciate this man publishing videos using a product in such a dangerous manner!!! He is going to be responsible for someone's serious injury or death because they watched his videos and followed his lead. Bad, bad, bad man.....
Over the years I've saw a LOT of damage caused by rope failure. Vehicles destroyed. Fortunately no injury or death in our group. Many close calls before we learned what to not do. We still carry ropes and use them when necessary. But we exercise great caution and have definite rules.
Never put a chain in the mix!!!! I've saw chains get thrown past the tow vehicle 30 feet. I saw a chain and clevis go thru the back window of a pickup, thru the front window and lay out on the sand in front of the vehicle.
Every pull the drivers should be laying in the seats. Never sit upright and pull or be pulled!!!!
The more I type the more angry I am becoming...... Failure is going to happen with injury or death because of this man's videos.... Please review these videos carefully looking for the details. How the ropes are fastened to each vehicle. Position of drivers. And more importantly position of onlookers. Especially when multiple ropes are hooked together. No one should be in the "kill zone". That's the distance of the combined ropes....
Never, ever, ever use a clevis to fasten two ropes together!!!! There's a simple way to fasten them together that requires no metal and they are very easy to get apart.
blee03
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I’ve been using sling straps (flat yellow 3” wide or 6” wide for semis) since I got my license. We were always off-roading and mud bogging.
Too many stories about people dying when the chain breaks and goes flying thru the back window of the truck.
I’ve seen a few sling straps break, normally from being pulled hard against some metal edge of a vehicle, they’ll start to cut, rip or fray. Never seen any damage from one breaking though.
We always make sure to never use any metal ends or clevises.
Too many stories about people dying when the chain breaks and goes flying thru the back window of the truck.
I’ve seen a few sling straps break, normally from being pulled hard against some metal edge of a vehicle, they’ll start to cut, rip or fray. Never seen any damage from one breaking though.
We always make sure to never use any metal ends or clevises.
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I've broke several chains using them without straps/ropes. Never saw much danger of them doing damage.
Now, hook a chain to a rope and have the chain break, carrying part of the chain or a clevis........ Bad, bad, bad....