Moyshe Kapoyer
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Ive always either popped my hood open or opened the tool box lid to prvide shielding.
Agreed for winching, but I been wondering what would happen with the hood up in a kinetic recovery? Seem’s like a good precaution, but I wonder if the lurch as the stuck vehicle moves would bend the hood back and damage it?Ive always either popped my hood open or opened the tool box lid to prvide shielding.
…in the end the soft shackle didn’t fail until the snatch nearly pulled out his Bronco’s recovery point and tweaked his front frame.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say there was nothing about this accident that was equipment related and it was all human judgement related.
I haven't seen the hood up argument in years. It used to be the go to safety precaution when it was rock crawling and metal winch lines. Once the synthetic ropes in winches came around the hood up argument disappeared.Agreed for winching, but I been wondering what would happen with the hood up in a kinetic recovery? Seem’s like a good precaution, but I wonder if the lurch as the stuck vehicle moves would bend the hood back and damage it?
Has anybody tried this?
Ronnie Dahl on YouTube (Four Wheeling Australia) has a really good video where he tests and shows the damage from both metal and synthetic lines. Remarkably he has some pretty clear video of synthetic lines rebounding significantly. It looks like enough that if the strap or soft, shackle or mounting point broke, I guess the line could snap that back too but that’s open to interpretation.And how many times have we heard how much safer ropes, straps and soft shackles are due to no flying metal projectiles?
I agree 100% on both points.
I shudder when I see people using kinetic straps/ropes like in the video, thats a ton of energy that is going to get released at some point, whether the vehicle gets out or equipment fails.
And how many times have we heard how much safer ropes, straps and soft shackles are due to no flying metal projectiles?
Ronnie Dahl on YouTube (Four Wheeling Australia) has a really good video where he tests and shows the damage from both metal and synthetic lines. Remarkably he has some pretty clear video of synthetic lines rebounding significantly. It looks like enough that if the strap or soft, shackle or mounting point broke, I guess the line could snap that back too but that’s open to interpretation.
Don’t get me wrong, the vast majority of my recovery equipment is of the soft variety. I do still carry a short length of grade 80 chain and a couple of Crosby shackles in the event a stuck vehicle doesn’t have soft shackle friendly recovery points though.I still would much much rather deal with soft rigging when it fails vs metal rigging. We have to transition somewhere, but I still keep trying to pull metal mass out of the system.
It looks 'bad' in the video, but they where very very close to having it be worse with the metal bow shackle mount failing on the Bronco side. If the bolt head of the clevis mount wouldn't have gotten stuck in the slot of the bumper, this could have been a much much worse story.
100% agree. I know next to nothing about recovery (need to fix that), but even I could see that Jeep was going way too fast.I don't see this as an equipment failure; we all know that anything made can be destroyed with force.
The actions of the tow vehicle were destructive and dangerous...period.
The inaction of the O.P. almost got him killed.
O.P. had his whole crew up the road to help him get unstuck, but he put his faith in someone with no regard for safety.
No doubt. Can someone give me the cliff notes version? Is it just the tow vehicle went to fast?Glad this is out there. I'm not an expert at this and rarely need to help someone out of a snowbank, so this is helpful...
...if you have an hour to sit there watching a video of a talking head. That could have been a lot shorter and to the point, and would help a lot more people.
Still glad it's out there
Jeep was going way to fast when the kinetic rope tightened. The rope broke after pulling the Bronco’s bumper about 1-1/2” then the loose end went through the Bronco’s windshield striking the driver in the face and neck.No doubt. Can someone give me the cliff notes version? Is it just the tow vehicle went to fast?
Thanks.Jeep was going way to fast when the kinetic rope tightened. The rope broke after pulling the Bronco’s bumper about 1-1/2” then the loose end went through the Bronco’s windshield striking the driver in the face and neck.