towball recovery !

[BigRAWesty]

But on a side note did ya see the gu lmao

I did. I did. I would have been moving it well away from the action.

Kallen Westbrook
Owner of
Westy's Accessories

[megatexture]

Ye I had thought of that but it happened fast and I wanted to get myself back a bit more than the gu lol

[GUtsy ute]

But on a side note did ya see the gu lmao

Was the only vehicle worth looking at!!

[Woof]

We can only try to educate people but some will never learn until it is too late.............well done mate for trying.

[Squalo]

I love incompetence - did you see the pile of sand in front of his front wheels - shovel, little bit of sweat and a I reckon he could've driven it out. That snatch was a great advertisement for all the things not to do!

And just leaving the bit of damaged strap on the beach rather than taking it to bin it later... did they do anything right at all???

Cheers for the clip, if I see either of those vehicles stuck up there I'll be sure to give them a wide berth.

Awesome GU there too

[Morton]

the worst part was missed by all, the towball is in the centre but where attached to the other it was off to the right, basically in line with the driver, if the ball snapped it would go through the drivers head

[MudRunnerTD]

the worst part was missed by all, the towball is in the centre but where attached to the other it was off to the right, basically in line with the driver, if the ball snapped it would go through the drivers head

Hi Morton, actually i think it gets far worse than that! Obviously the risk to the life of the rear Driver is bloody obvious and it was alway going to go through his head but have a read of the Original Post again! WOW

we were camping at teewah beach and were evacuated just before the floods hit and an old fella got bogged in his cruiser pulling a camper so his mate came over to help they proceeded to wrap one end around the shackle holding on the leaf springs on the bogged vehicle and throw a strap on the tow ball of the recovery vehicle even though we all told them this wasn’t a good idea so ... the strap snapped on the first attempt so they tied a knot in it and threw it over the tow ball again and off they went .. We picked up the broken end of the strap to chuck it out and found it had 2 rusted bolts in it! The strap had been repaired! I just couldn’t believe my eyes!

Oh and there’s a nice gu in the vid also lol

the crazy thing is when he opened his door to get the strap out there was a new one on the seat beside the old one he picked up !

Arrogant and Crazy

[NP99]

I think if this turned into a fatality, the investigation would blame, inexperience, snatch strap fatigue, anything but the towball. We need mandatory labelling on towbars or similar.

[taslucas]

I think if this turned into a fatality, the investigation would blame, inexperience, snatch strap fatigue, anything but the towball. We need mandatory labelling on towbars or similar.

Nah the coroners are pretty good at finding the truth. Theres a few coroners reports for towball deaths been posted in this forum. The one from north west tas is like a horror story.
Also if the snatch strap isn't broken then strap fatigue can't be blamed

FanTapstic!

[threedogs]

latest 4x4 Aust mag {june} has plate that slips over Towball. AKA shackle style and
warning on face book I think to avoid at all cost ,and rightly so.
Maybe old news but never enough warnings

Just watched that Vid, few things stand out first is they had no idea how to use recover equipment.
must have only brought 4x4 to tow camper etc and access some fishing spots.
would highly recommend both attend or join a club ,too many bad habits IMO