The Danger of using the wrong recovery equipment

[Metcalf]

You can have the best recovery points in the world and if you don’t rig it right or use the correct equipment in the first place then the point will be fine and other items will fail. I have pictures somewhere of this concept involving an At,y ASV in Bosnia that troops were trying to recover using a winch. Long story short winch was borderline at best as far as recovery capacity and soldiers failed to observe safety setbacks, this resulted in one soldier losing an arm and another losing his eye.

Yup. I see a lot of dangerous stuff in the recreational side of things also.

 

[Grump E-Vet]

I think the things that people do with winches and vehicles is probably only surpassed with what they do with chainsaws and trees. People don’t the time, don’t know their equipment, don’t have\don’t wear PPE and most dangerous don’t appreciate the potential lethality of the forces at work.

 

[TernOverland]

This video proves 3 things:
1. If you try hard enough, you can break anything
2. No amount of effort can save a fool from himself
3. Tow balls don't injure people. people injure people