NissanGQ4.2 (23rd March 2013)
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.
Cheers
Jack
2024 Isuzu MUX
Formerly 2012 Simpson 50th Anniversary Edition.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
BigRAWesty (22nd March 2013), NP99 (22nd March 2013)
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
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Time is never wasted when your wasted all the time
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
MudRunnerTD (22nd March 2013), nissannewby (22nd March 2013), NP99 (22nd March 2013), taslucas (22nd March 2013)
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.
Bloodyaussie (22nd March 2013), megatexture (22nd March 2013), NP99 (22nd March 2013), Winnie (23rd March 2013)
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...
33's, 2' lift, Snorkel, Warn XD95000 Winch (Just exploded... July 2014), UHF, 6 Point Cage, and no clue on how to use any of it... I drove over a gutter once!!! and it wasn't the rounded variety either!!!