Atypical_decorum
Silver Member
Agreed. But that accident and the one with the kid that have a shackle rip his jaw off were both using nylon straps as far as I know and we're in the wrong spot. Dyneema doesn't do that and wire does it, but not greatly. Snatch blocks will increase the force to where it'll pull bolts out as long as the line can handle it. But regardless, never stand in the way! Or by something that the line can wrap around.The words winch and recovery have been used here so many times I can't find the thread that was posted here within the last six months. It linked to a YT video discussing a recovery accident where a truck was stuck in the mud, and the driver was killed when part of the hitch flew into the vehicle's windshield.
Anyway, when something is stuck in the mud, there's a heck of a lot more force required than simply pulling a 5,000lb tractor on flat, dry ground.
But if someone else can link to the previous thread, there was some good information there about avoiding a very bad recovery accident.
There's 10s of thousands of off roaders using winches, daily, around the world. A ripped off jaw or a killed person happens seldomly and then typically when they dont use common sense safety....