Appears its not just towballs that can be dangerous this was sent to me on facebook last night bullbar ripped from the car during a snatch
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Appears its not just towballs that can be dangerous this was sent to me on facebook last night bullbar ripped from the car during a snatch
Winnie posted that pic somewhere around here the other day. Id love to see how fast the "snatcher" was goingQuote:
Originally Posted by patrol2.8
From what I've been told snatch was done from a recovery point on the bar not the chassis
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Don't forget that rated hooks can break as well. Snatching is for lite recovery only.
Thats true winching probably would of been better in this case just thought would post it as a reminder to what can happen out there
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You would be surprised what some people have holding their Bullbars on, I've even seen coach bolts on some of the older 4x4s.
Any bolt used on a 4x4 because of the elements its subjected to should only be Zinc plated and minimum grade 8,
if you can source a higher grade better still, Even towbar bolts IMO should be inspected and changed,
how many times have you been bogged, butt down in a bog hole. When cleaning be sure you can get in all the nooks and crannies.
and as per another thread fish oil as best you can, that's my 2cW
I have seen some gnarly snatches, the forces associated with a 2500kg vehicle travelling at 10-15km/h and a stationary bogged 2500kg vehicle are phenomenal!Quote:
Originally Posted by liftlid
The things we do!
I'd like to thank everyone on this thread for your experience and care. I've been on this forum for a couple of hrs and have already learnt so much. Again thank you all
Mate I try to inform as many people possible and even the girls at my local Bunnings now know!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Warwick89
There was a 4x4 show on over the weekend on free to air, It was mainly UK 4x4s they used to towball
a lot to get there 4x4s around a corner in the mud. accident waiting to happen,
ever those meteorite hunters used the towball up in the NT to get a Tojo out of the goop.
No idea how old either shows were.