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    Deaths from towballs

    I was on the phone today with 4WD Victoria about organising a driving course for my work and the guy i was talking to was telling me that there has been 13 deaths related to snatch straps being hooked over towballs in the last 12 months the last one being about 2 weeks ago this just seems crazy to me are we as 4wheel drivers just becoming complacent or lazy in what we do? Even if half are due to inexperience its still way to many deaths
    Theres only one thing tougher than my truck............. YES DEAR GOING TO DO THE LAWNS NOW
    WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries,can and do kill people and damage property

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    I wonder how many times the tow ball has snapped off without killing someone.
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    Would like to know where he got those figures from. I know it happens but I didn't think it was that often!

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    Read the safety threads here on the forum there is plenty of info on deaths. The most recent discussed here was a youn mother who was a passenger in the recovery vehicle her kids were sitting in the back, this i think was in WA

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    WARNING: TOWBALLS USED WITH SNATCHSTRAPS DO KILL!!

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    There is a reason why there is big RED writing in my Sig line. There are many responsible members here trying to educate the masses.

    It's just Dumb! There are plenty of people who simply have NO IDEA.



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    WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.

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    Dont know where he got the figures from or if the figures are right but even if there not just 1 death from a towball a year is still to many Mudrunnertd i like the warning in your sig might get one of those sticker guys to make one up for me for the rear of my truck may help to get the message across
    Theres only one thing tougher than my truck............. YES DEAR GOING TO DO THE LAWNS NOW
    WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries,can and do kill people and damage property

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    I think because 4wd's have become so popular and cheap compared to yester year there are far more people with dollars rather than sense!
    I will admit I was one who used my towball with a snap strap and reeved it too rather than straight pulls as a young buck but now after doing rigging as part of my trade as a boilermaker I have more sense and learnt a lot from here I can do safer recoveries.
    People forget the actual forces involved in a recovery and the math used to solve the problems too many people being invincible and gun ho about it where 10 mins a shovel and some traction aides (maxtracks or logs/rocks) would get you through.
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    Seen it done too many times, even when I’ve told people about the dangers they still do it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD View Post
    There is a reason why there is big RED writing in my Sig line. There are many responsible members here trying to educate the masses.

    It's just Dumb! There are plenty of people who simply have NO IDEA.



    The addition of the Warning in my Sig line was first done by Doggy i think and i think it is brilliant. I see more and more members adding it to their sig lines and i believe that that RED line probably appears more than 50,000 times across this forum!!!! Could even be double that! Well Done Doggy and thanks for the idea.

    To all the newbies that see it when they come here from All Over the World! Awesome! Spread the Word! Brilliant.
    Cannot take credit for that, it was first posted by Ross of DX Grunt fame............well done Ross
    However I did start this thread http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...ecovery-points to help get the word out there, with a lot of assistance from our members, well done everyone.
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    Just moved this thread to here and made it sticky............the more we get this information out there hopefully the more lives will be saved
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