disaster Using A Cheap Tow Strap

[Monkman777]

 

[wiggins]

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I think putting a sack in the middle of the rope helps to stop it whipping if it breaks. Unsure if it works with a 'Snatchem Strap' if that is what was used. Hard to tell but tyre pressure looks a little high. For sandy terrain I usually drop it to about 15 PSI and the tyres really flatten out and provide a lot more area for grip.

Also, having a vehicle with a transfer case and the option of low ratio is useful too.

I did get my car flooded in the South Alligator River in Kakadu in the NT once, just after a guy had his head ripped off by a croc.

I was so pissed off I got out, got a rope, tied it on and another guy pulled me SLOWLY out of the water and a quick spray of WD 40 sorted out the electrics and off we went... 2 wheel drive car in those days but I sure took it up some 4x4 tracks! I holed the pretrol tank on that trip and blocked it up with Bluetack which lasted for months until I got a new tank... hole caused by the tank slamming on the ground going up tracks that clearly said 4x4 only... I was young...

 

[djdeeds]

I think putting a sack in the middle of the rope helps to stop it whipping if it breaks. Unsure if it works with a 'Snatchem Strap' if that is what was used. Hard to tell but tyre pressure looks a little high. For sandy terrain I usually drop it to about 15 PSI and the tyres really flatten out and provide a lot more area for grip.

Also, having a vehicle with a transfer case and the option of low ratio is useful too.

I did get my car flooded in the South Alligator River in Kakadu in the NT once, just after a guy had his head ripped off by a croc.

I was so pissed off I got out, got a rope, tied it on and another guy pulled me SLOWLY out of the water and a quick spray of WD 40 sorted out the electrics and off we went... 2 wheel drive car in those days but I sure took it up some 4x4 tracks! I holed the pretrol tank on that trip and blocked it up with Bluetack which lasted for months until I got a new tank... hole caused by the tank slamming on the ground going up tracks that clearly said 4x4 only... I was young...

I'm surprised fuel didn't have a corrosive effect on Blu Tac , I have no clue what that stuff is made of though. Did you roll up a big lump the size of a tennis ball? I would have ! then Gaffa taped over it.

 

[Joker1981]

China, cheap since ancient times!

 

[wiggins]

I'm surprised fuel didn't have a corrosive effect on Blu Tac , I have no clue what that stuff is made of though. Did you roll up a big lump the size of a tennis ball? I would have ! then Gaffa taped over it.

Bluetack was all I had.

It leaked a bit and I added more but not a huge lot.

One day after work I went to my car and found the tank empty and the tarred parking spot all kind of disolved. I got a new fuel tank after that...

 

[Dr Deacon]

Stupid chinks, say no more. Useless chinese made towing strap, clueless driver(s)

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

I mean yeah, giving the lead vehicle a 30 yd head start to build momentum is gonna turn any tow strap into a kinetically charged projectile.

 

[Roadie56]

Yet another classic example of why you don't jerk the slack out of a tow strap or chain. People are stupid

 

[mrln]

Yet another classic example of why you don't jerk the slack out of a tow strap or chain. People are stupid

yup. ya beat me to it.
its all how its done. and they did it wrong.