VIC High Country Trip '13 - '14

[Drewboyaus]

We also have recovery gear (snatch strap, shovel and some of those maxtrax copies from aldi which I won't put much hope in).

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Please also remember NO SNATCHING FROM A TOWBALL. Not under any circumstances. Someone WILL get hurt. All the other vehicles will be fine, take it easy with the Santa Fe though......It will do most things but no low range will make steep, slow work very challenging.

[happygu]

Emm,

I wouldnt recommend Wild Horse Track for the Santa Fe, as there is a couple of steepish sections, and you want them to enjoy it but not break it....depends on how many, but they could drive up to the circuit rd - Leave it in a pull off area on the side of the road and jump into the other vehicles - do the loop and then come back to get it

Mic

[emm]

Please also remember NO SNATCHING FROM A TOWBALL.

We take our tow ball off and go through the towbar with the shackle, I'm assuming this is correct?
Do you mean that people actually put the snatch strap over the towball???
Mate if this is the case there needs to be offered a government subsidised one day safety course for four wheel driving... or even an online course.
I already believe there should be some sort of towing course; we have seen far too many caravan drivers loaded or driving in an unsafe way - we have a caravan and they can cause real problems if people do it wrong.

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[emm]

Mate if this is the case there needs to be offered a government subsidised one day safety course for four wheel driving... or even an online course.

Although people only have to read a magazine or a book to figure it out!

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[Drewboyaus]

We take our tow ball off and go through the towbar with the shackle, I'm assuming this is correct?
Do you mean that people actually put the snatch strap over the towball???

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Yes, that is the correct method.

And unfortunately yes.....there is a whole thread on here dedicated to towball recoveries. You would be surprised how many people do it without even thinking.

[happygu]

Emm,

I quickly found a couple of pictures of the net which explain why we suggest not to use the towball for recoveries. Many people have used the towball safely, and there are a few different ways to minimize the risk of the ball breaking, but I can't recommend it and when they do break stand well clear ......
TowBarSnatch[1].jpg
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The results are not pretty, and people have been killed and injured using these techniques.


The safer way is this ....

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You can buy something like this for the first safe pic
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or use the second pic as your guide, where you place your strap through the receiver hitch pin, like I do.....

The idea is to minimize the amount of metal that can break and fling back or forward as a missile .... so no joining two straps in the middle with a shackle, and don't use the towball that can shear off .....

Mic