Originally Posted by
Silver
Interesting read.
I'd have to find my little card from Serafini Chains again, but if you hook a chain to itself, like the letter P, or use it like this V with the top of each leg attached to a recovery point, and the pull applied to the point of the V, the load capacity of the chain is significantly reduced. (apparently this can be avoided by using a 'cradle grab hook'?) That's why my bridle chain is an 8 tonner, not a 2 tonner.
I do wonder about recovering stranger's vehicles - I have done it but only a very simple snatch in sand, just because I don't think that people who don't even have recovery gear understand the risk, or their insurance coy might put that argument together that they did not give informed consent.
I'm a bit like that with starting with jumper leads - I'll make my old Patrol available to anyone to jump start if they have their own jumper leads and say they know what they are doing. I don't know what does and does not have a computer these days, nor how fragile they are......