Tow Ball Question

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Never ever use it to recovery< full stop
Dont take this the wrong way but is your mate an Idiot
This is a serious issue, PPL die from towball recoveries

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Yeah just ease up a bit mate. You're not doing anyone any favours by calling people idiots.

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I'll own up, I wasn't aware of the danger till I joined the forum. Never been involved in a recovery before so never really thought about.

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Never ever use it to recovery< full stop
Dont take this the wrong way but is your mate an Idiot
This is a serious issue, PPL die from towball recoveries

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I know your idiot comment is not personal. He has a lot of recovery experience in one of these. It was just a question over coffee.

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Originally Posted by NP99

I know your idiot comment is not personal. He has a lot of recovery experience in one of these. It was just a question over coffee.

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Yeah i'd only callhim an idiot if i had 1 of these pointed at him hahahahhahahaha

This is why every one should attend/join a club and do some proper Driver awareness and recovery course.
I have never looked at a towball and thought wow I'll get my mate out of that bog hole by looping the strap over
the ball. I joined a club. I also question so called experts when out bush on their practises too.Not putting his mate down don't know him
Nearly everyone here has a warning on their post there is page after page on the subject. yet still people ask is it ok. GMB
There are hard and fast rule when recovering a vehicle and towball is never mentioned. My club state this in the first line of introduction to 4x4ing
Think I'm harsh maybe . Tell me again when someone is injured

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Originally Posted by threedogs

This is why every one should attend/join a club and do some proper Driver awareness and recovery course.
I have never looked at a towball and thought wow I'll get my mate out of that bog hole by looping the strap over
the ball. I joined a club. I also question so called experts when out bush on their practises too.Not putting his mate down don't know him
Nearly everyone here has a warning on their post there is page after page on the subject. yet still people ask is it ok. GMB
There are hard and fast rule when recovering a vehicle and towball is never mentioned. My club state this in the first line of introduction to 4x4ing
Think I'm harsh maybe . Tell me again when someone is injured

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We joined the biggest 4WD club in Australia.........about 100,000 members.

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Originally Posted by threedogs

Nearly everyone here has a warning on their post there is page after page on the subject. yet still people ask is it ok.

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His mate know's not to recover from the towball the question in the first post is WHY cant you when its rated to tow

Never argue with an idiot cos from a distance no one can tell the difference.

Not implying anything here but someone's response was a little bit much. Take your time and read the original post.

Good on'ya Threedogs, I am in 100% agreement, you would have to be a deadset idiot to recover from the towball, even if you where unaware of the "cannonball" effect if it failed. I am pretty fresh into the 4wd world, and as a deadset green fella when I started 12 months ago, I was pretty aware that it wasn't too secure when I just popped the snatch over the ball... what it it fell off? what if the strap popped over the ball, what if...

Don't be an Idiot... don't recover from a towball...

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Originally Posted by growler2058

Yeah i'd only callhim an idiot if i had 1 of these pointed at him hahahahhahahaha

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What, a chipmunk??

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