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Be careful guys.

 

That sucks.

 

thats a shame. thats why i make sure everything on my truck is up to snuff.

 

I have seen pics of stuff like that before but noone ever killed man that sucks......

 

that's why you should always tow off a hitch and you should at least open your tool box lid. believe it or not that will stop or really slow down a moving object. I hope it wasn't one of those cheap old walmart tow straps.

 

We have a guy at work tried to pull a tree stump out with his Expedition. he used the cheap wally world tow straps with metal hooks. He now has a nice sized hole in thew back of it. Pulling people out can be deadly if your not carefull. I never use starps with metal hooks.

 

this is really sad, two of my wheeling buddys were there when it happened, they said it looked like a good strap and a good tow point, it just let loose. I feel terrible for this mans family. I'm glad I didn't go up there.

 

That's why you should always check your equipment, and don't overload your you tow ropes. If there is any question I always get out the the big strap with out tow hooks and use anchor shackles to attach it. Better safe than dead. It really is to bad though that was only about 100 miles from my home, really makes you think.

 

im gonna have to guess but i would say the biggest problem was nothing was over the strap when it let loose. weather is a coat, blanket, even a heavy shirt will usually prevent this from happening. i usually carry a big saddle blanket just for that very reason.

 

One of my classmates in elementary schools dad was killed when we were in 4th or 5th grade by a tow strap. One of his neighbors got stuck when his grain truck went off the road, and he came over with his 4 wheel drive JD and hooked up a log chain, and then a big strap to the truck. The truck weighed around 50,000 lbs and after jerking it a few times the log chain snapped and came slingshotting thru the back window of the tractor hitting my friends dad in the head. It only left a lil cut on his head maybe 1/2" big. They called the ambulance and about 45 minutes after this happend he died. What they didn't know was there was internal bleeding.

 

That really sucks.

 

yes you should never repeat never combine straps and chains.

 

I have a 50' braided cable rated for 50,000#. It has a lot of smaller cables braided together to make a 3/4" cable. Even something this heavy duty shoul always have a winch weight of some kind on it.

 

Ive seen shackles go through a tailgate with diamond plate cover, the front of the bed, the back of the cab, through the seat and lodge in the dash...
I highly doubt a piece of 18ga diamond plate is going to stop chit.

Just a piece of 3" strap (nothing metal what so ever) dented my diff cover on my 96 ranger when it popped.


Id love to see both the quality of the hook point and the manner in which he was being pulled.

Lesson of the day...
Dont wheel with idiots!

 

+1, I've tried to teach my Son, that at the very least, drape a towel or something over the strap. He doesn't listen (neither did I at 18), and a few months ago, he came home with a 4" hole through his nicely painted tailgate on his 86. When we built the truck, I bought him a 4" strap (30,000lb), 2 large shackles, and welded a D-ring to his hitch. My Son attached the shackle on his end to the D-ring, but his buddy that was stuck, put the shackle on the other end over the 2" ball on his hitch, and because he was sitting much lower (stuck in mud), the shackle flew off the ball, and went completely through the tailgate and into the bed of my Son's truck. Don't believe me?, I still have the old tailgate in the shop as proof. Thankfully no one was hurt, and hopefully he learned a valuble lesson.